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The definition of a kettle is a metal pot or other container used for boiling.

(noun)

An example of a kettle is what you'd use to boil water for tea.

See kettle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a metal container for boiling or cooking things; pot
a teakettle
a kettledrum
Geol.
also kettle hole
1. a depression in glacial drift remaining after the melting of an isolated mass of buried ice
2. a kettle-shaped hole in rock, gravel, etc.

Origin: ME ketel < ON ketill, akin to OE cetel, Ger kessel, Goth katils, early Gmc loanword < L catillus, dim. of catinus, container for food

See kettle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.
A teakettle.
Music A kettledrum.
Geology A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice.
A pothole.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ketel

Origin: , from Old Norse ketill

Origin: and Old English cetel

Origin: , both from Latin catīllus

Origin: , diminutive of catīnus, large bowl

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