Definition of kettles Kettles
/kɛˈtʌlz/ - [ketulz] -
We found 3 definitions of kettles from 2 different sources.
Advertising
What does kettles mean?
Wiktionary 
- kettles (Noun)
Plural of kettle.
Part of speech
🔤- kettles, noun, plural of kettle.
WordNet
NounPlural: kettles |
||
| kettle - a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it | ||
| kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani | ||
| percussion instrument, percussive instrument a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another | ||
| kettle - a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid | ||
| boiler | ||
| pot metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid | ||
| kettle - the quantity a kettle will hold | ||
| kettleful | ||
| kettle - (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits | ||
| kettle hole | ||
| hollow, hole a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary
- kettle (Noun)
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. Category:en:Cookware. - kettle (Noun)
The quantity held by a kettle. - kettle (Noun)
A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle. - kettle (Noun)
A kettle hole , sometimes any pothole. - kettle (Noun)
A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. - kettle (Noun)
A steam locomotive. - kettle (Noun)
A kettledrum. - kettle (Verb)
To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- kettle (n.)
A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
kettle
A metal container used to boil water. -
kettle
A metal container used to boil any kind of liquid. -
kettle
A metal container used for boiling water for tea.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
kettle
ket′l, n. a vessel of metal, for heating or boiling liquids: a cavity like a kettle in rock, sand, &c.: (Shak.) kettle-drum.—ns. Kett′le-drum, a musical instrument now used chiefly in orchestras and in cavalry bands, consisting of a hollow brass hemisphere with a parchment head, sounded by soft-headed elastic drumsticks: a tea-party; Kett′le-drum′mer; Kett′le-hold′er, a little mat, &c., for holding a kettle when hot.—n.pl. Kett′le-pins, skittle-pins.—A kettle of fish, or A pretty kettle of fish, a task of great difficulty, an awkward mess—most probably in this sense connected with kiddle. [A.S. cetel; Ger. kessel, Goth. katils; all perh. from L. catillus, dim. of catinus, a deep cooking-vessel.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
-
kettle
The brass or metal box of a compass.
Wikipedia 
-
A kettle is a type of pot that is used in a kitchen. It is used to make water hot or to boil water.
In the past, kettles were made of metal like copper. Kettles were put on a rack or a hook above the fire to become hot. Now, metal kettles is put on the stove or rangetop. Sometimes they are made of ceramic or clay.
Now, some people have electric kettles. These kettles plug into the wall and use electricity to generate heat. They are usually plastic or metal. They heat water faster than kettles on a stove. Kettles are often used to make tea.
They are more common in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth than other places like the United States.
Part of speech
🔤- kettle, noun, singular of kettles.
