American English pronunciation
How to pronounce kettle
IPA transcription: ['kɛtəl]
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Noun
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a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
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the quantity a kettle will hold
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(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
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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.