Kettles - English meaning

Kettles – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.
Usage examples:
Reports from the prison say the officer was attacked by a prisoner with boiling water from a kettle…
noun
A depression in the ground thought to have been formed by the melting of an ice block trapped in glacial deposits, especially one that is circular and deep.
Usage examples:
Our lake is probably a kettle
noun
A small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration.
Usage examples:
Activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest

verb
(of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration.
Usage examples:
The plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled

noun
A covered container with a handle and a spout (= opening for pouring), used for boiling water

Kettles translation into English

Kettles: translate from English into Chinese

水壶

Kettles: translate from English into Dutch

Waterkokers

Kettles: translate from English into French

Bouilloires

Kettles: translate from English into German

Wasserkocher

Kettles: translate from English into Hindi

केटल्स

Kettles: translate from English into Italian

Bollitori

Kettles: translate from English into Korean

주전자

Kettles: translate from English into Russian

Чайники

Kettles: translate from English into Spanish

Teteras

Word origin

Old English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by

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Kettles – similar words

kettle

noun
A container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.
Usage examples:
Reports from the prison say the officer was attacked by a prisoner with boiling water from a kettle…

verb
(of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration.
Usage examples:
The plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled

noun
A metal pot with a lid for stewing or boiling

Kettle - all meanings in English

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