KETTLE


Meaning of KETTLE in English

ˈke]d. ə l, ]t ə l, ÷ ˈki]; some who have |ki] in “teakettle”and/or “kettle of fish” have |ke] in other contexts \ noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill; akin to Old English cietel kettle, Old High German kezzil, Gothic katilē (gen. plural); all from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin catillus small bowl, dish, diminutive of catinus bowl, pot; perhaps akin to Greek kotylē cup, small vessel

1.

a.

(1) : a metallic vessel in which liquids or semifluid masses are boiled ; especially : teakettle

(2) : a cooking utensil with a bail handle

b. : a quantity cooked in a kettle at one time

could eat a whole kettle of stew

2.

a. obsolete : kettledrum 1

let the kettle to the trumpet speak — Shakespeare

b. : the metallic bowl of a kettledrum across which the parchment head is stretched

3.

a. : pothole

b. : a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift and often containing a lake or swamp

4. North : a shallow metal pail

dinner kettle

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