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teakettle
tea·ket·tle T0072400 (tē′kĕt′l)n. A covered kettle with a spout and handle, used for boiling water, as for tea.teakettle (ˈtiːˌkɛtəl) n (Cookery) a kettle for boiling water to make teatea•ket•tle (ˈtiˌkɛt l)
n. a portable kettle with a cover, spout, and handle, used for boiling water. [1695–1705] Teakettle![]() A covered metal pot with a bail and a spout. Before hot water heaters were available, teakettles were kept on the kitchen stove to supply hot water for such things as shaving and hand washing. A teakettle full of boiling water was also a convenient place to cook hard-boiled eggs. (When kitchen stoves burned either coal or wood, they usually had a fire in them all day, so a teakettle on the stove provided a daylong source of hot water.)Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  teakettle - kettle for boiling water to make teakettle, boiler - a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid |
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a storm in a teakettleA disproportionate reaction of anger, concern, or displeasure over some minor or trivial matter. (A less common variant of "a tempest in a teacup/teapot.") If you ask me, these protests are nothing but a storm in a teakettle that's been stoked by a media campaign of misinformation. I really think you're making a storm in a teakettle over this. It's just a tiny scratch on the car!See also: storm, teakettlea tempest in a teakettleA disproportionate reaction of anger, concern, or displeasure over some minor or trivial matter. (A less common variant of "a tempest in a teacup/teapot.") If you ask me, these protests are nothing but a tempest in a teakettle that's been stoked by a media campaign of misinformation. I really think you're making a tempest in a teakettle over this. It's just a tiny scratch on the car!See also: teakettle, tempestass over teakettlerude slang Flipped upside down; head over heels. My poor sister just went ass over teakettle on the ice out there! I hope she isn't hurt! Finding out Bill is selling the company has turned my whole world ass over teakettle—I can't believe I'm going to have to find a new job after 25 years!See also: ass, over, teakettleEncyclopediaSeekettleteakettle
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