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Word: kettle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A pothole.
  • British A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
  • rail transport|slang A steam locomotive
  • geology A kettle hole.
  • musical instruments A kettledrum.
  • The collective noun for a group of airborne hawks.
  • The quantity held by a kettle.
  • cookware A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

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Verb:

  • of the police To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

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