kettles
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A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
“There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.”
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The quantity held by a kettle.
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A vessel for boiling water for tea.
“Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.”
syn:teakettle - 4
A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
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(collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
“a kettle of hawks”
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A steam locomotive
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A kettledrum.
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An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
Synonyms
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A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kettle, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kettles, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kiddle