American English pronunciation

How to pronounce kettle

IPA transcription: ['kɛtəl]

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Noun

  • a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

  • the quantity a kettle will hold

  • (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

  • a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

Usage examples

  • Listen to the pot calling the kettle black.
  • Listen to the pot calling the kettle black.
  • Kettle-drums.
  • This kettle is quicker at boiling water than the old one.
  • His brother, Andrew Nairne, is Director of Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge.
  • Kettle-drums.
  • The kettle was singing.
  • Kettle-drums
  • This kettle is quicker at boiling water than the old one.
  • This kettle is quicker at boiling water than the old one.