2syllables
kettle
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Definitions ofkettle
1noun
- A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
Example: "There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove."
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- A vessel for boiling water for tea.
Synonyms: teakettle
Example: "Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea."
- A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- (collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
Example: "a kettle of hawks"
- A steam locomotive
- A kettledrum.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
1verb
- (of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
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