kettle
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lidA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
» I'll put the kettle on and we'll have a cup of tea.
Я поставлю чайник і ми вип'ємо по чашечці чаю.
Meaning
11 sensesA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
Kessel, Kochtopf
котёлkotjól, ча́йникčájnik
ча́йникčájnyk, коте́лkotél
a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
The quantity held by a kettle.
котёлkotjól
the quantity a kettle will hold
A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
(collective)A group of raptors swirling and spiraling upward as they ride a thermal, especially when migrating.
a kettle of hawks
(slang)A steam locomotive.
A kettledrum.
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
(slang)A watch (timepiece).
A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
A type of encirclement.
Near-synonym: cauldron
Examples
90 sentencesI'll put the kettle on and we'll have a cup of tea.
Я поставлю чайник і ми вип'ємо по чашечці чаю.
The kettle is boiling.
Чайник кипить.
ruЧайник кипит.
deDer Wasserkocher kocht.
Put the kettle on the fire.
I'll go put the kettle on.
ruПойду поставлю чайник.
Tom put a kettle on the stove.
ruТом поставил чайник на плиту.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and iFrom Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old English ċietel (“kettle, cauldron”) and in Middle English possibly influenced by Old Norse ketill and both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron, kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila, Polish kocioł (“cauldron”), Czech kotel (“boiler”), Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).
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Forms
plural: kettlesSynonyms
9 synonyms- a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid:boiler
- a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it:kettledrumtympanumtympanitimpani
- the quantity a kettle will hold:kettleful
- (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits:kettle hole