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kettle

(ketəl)
Word forms: plural kettles
1. countable noun
A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the waterto come out of.
[mainly British]
I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
A kettle of water is the amount of water contained in a kettle.
Pour a kettle of boiling water over the onions. [+ of]
regional note: in AM, use teakettle
2. countable noun
A kettle is a metal pot for boiling or cooking things in.
[mainly US]
Put the meat into a small kettle.
regional note: in BRIT, use pan
3. 
See a different kettle of fish

kettle in British English

(ˈkɛtəl)
noun
1. 
a metal or plastic container with a handle and spout for boiling water
2. 
any of various metal containers for heating liquids, cooking fish, etc
3. 
a large metal vessel designed to withstand high temperatures, used in various industrial processes such as refining and brewing
4.  British informal
an enclosed space formed by a police cordon in order to contain people involved in a public demonstration
5.  short for kettle hole
verb
6. (transitive) British informal
(of a police force) to contain (people involved in a public demonstration) in an enclosedspace
Word origin
C13: from Old Norse ketill; related to Old English cietel kettle, Old High German kezzil; all ultimately from Latin catillus a little pot, from catīnus pot

kettle in American English

(ˈkɛtəl)
noun
1. 
a metal container for boiling or cooking things; pot
2. 
a teakettle
3. 
a kettledrum
4.  Geology
a. 
a depression in glacial drift remaining after the melting of an isolated mass of buried ice
b. 
a kettle-shaped hole in rock, gravel, etc.
also kettle hole
Word origin
ME ketel < ON ketill, akin to OE cetel, Ger kessel, Goth katils, early Gmc loanword < L catillus, dim. of catinus, container for food

More idioms containing
kettle

a different kettle of fish
the pot calling the kettle black

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kettle

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Examples of 'kettle' in a sentence
kettle

It is a totally different kettle of fish.
The Sun (2016)
Any crisis can be resolved by putting the kettle on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Heat the olive oil in a medium pan over a medium heat and put a full kettle on to boil.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Your house detects you need cheering up, so puts the kettle on and plays your favourite song.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Now put the kettle on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'll put the kettle on for you.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Oscar is a different kettle of fish.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
How do you improve on the electric kettle?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Stand tall with the kettle bell at chest height and elbows tucked in against the torso.
The Sun (2011)
It is not log cabins and tea kettles over open fires.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The whole thing about teams complaining about domination is very much pots and kettles.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pour a bottle of white wine into a large fish kettle.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Now lower the pudding basin into the large pan and put the kettle on to boil.
The Sun (2013)
But this new series is a different kettle of fish entirely.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Stand tall with a kettle bell just below chest height.
The Sun (2011)
Ask nicely and they will make you a tea with the kettle behind the counter.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Stand tall with a kettle bell in left hand and arm fully extended above your head.
The Sun (2011)
Put the kettle and toaster on.
The Sun (2015)
Then he put the kettle on.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's probably worth checking to see if the kitchen has a kettle and toaster.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If the police choose to kettle protesters, they should kettle smaller groups that can be more easily controlled.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But there are bound to be laughs along the way: a case of the pot calling the kettle red?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I've bought him an electric kettle.
The Sun (2014)
It's amazing what you can do with an electric kettle, including boiling an egg.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
kettle

British English: kettle /ˈkɛtl/ NOUN
A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water.
I'll put the kettle on and make us some tea.
  • American English: teakettle
  • Arabic: غَلَّايَةُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: chaleira
  • Chinese: 壶
  • Croatian: kotlić
  • Czech: konvice varná
  • Danish: kedel
  • Dutch: ketel
  • European Spanish: hervidor de agua
  • Finnish: vedenkeitin
  • French: bouilloire
  • German: Kessel
  • Greek: κατσαρόλα
  • Italian: bollitore
  • Japanese: ケトル
  • Korean: 주전자
  • Norwegian: kjele
  • Polish: czajnik
  • European Portuguese: chaleira
  • Romanian: ceainic
  • Russian: чайник
  • Latin American Spanish: hervidor de agua
  • Swedish: tekokare
  • Thai: กาต้มน้ำ
  • Turkish: çaydanlık
  • Ukrainian: чайник
  • Vietnamese: ấm đun nước

All related terms of 'kettle'

fish kettle
an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
kettle hole
a round hollow formed by the melting of a mass of buried ice
kettle-stitch
a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail , to hold sheets or sections together
kettle of fish
a situation ; state of affairs (often used ironically in the phrase a pretty or fine kettle of fish )
teakettle
A teakettle is a kettle that is used for boiling water to make tea.
a fine kettle of fish
an awkward situation ; mess
a different kettle of fish
If you say that something is a different kettle of fish , you mean that it is very different from another related thing that you are talking about.
the pot calling the kettle black
said to mean that someone with a particular fault accuses someone else of having the same fault

Chinese translation of 'kettle'

kettle

(ˈkɛtl)

n (c)

  1. 水壶(壺) (shuǐhú) (把, bǎ)
    to put the kettle on 烧(燒)水 (shāoshuǐ)
    the kettle's boiling 水开(開)了 (shuǐ kāi le)
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