kettle, boiler
(noun) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
(noun) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
kettle, kettleful
(noun) the quantity a kettle will hold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
kettle (plural kettles)
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
The quantity held by a kettle.
(British) A vessel for boiling water for tea.
Synonym: teakettle
(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
(ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
(rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
(musical instruments) A kettledrum.
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
In most varieties of English outside the United States (UK, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, Canadian), if not specified otherwise, kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.
kettle (third-person singular simple present kettles, present participle kettling, simple past and past participle kettled)
(British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
kettle (plural kettles)
Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”)
Kettle (plural Kettles)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kettle is the 14307th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2092 individuals. Kettle is most common among White (84.56%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Ket"tle, n. Etym: [OE. ketel; cf. AS. cetel, cetil, cytel; akin to D. kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil, Icel. ketill, SW. kittel, Dan. kjedel, Goth. katils; all perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus a deep vessel, bowl; but cf. also OHG. chezzi kettle, Icel. kati small ship.]
Definition: A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids. Kettle pins, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton.
– Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
