kettle

IPA: kˈɛtʌɫ

A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
The quantity held by a kettle.
A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
(ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
(rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
(music) A kettledrum.
An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
(slang) A watch. Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch)
A surname.
A village in Fife council area, near Cupar in Scotland.
Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”) [A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.]

(originally Britain, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
(intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

Examples of "kettle" in Sentences

There are not two copper tarsks in the coin kettle!
That battered copper kettle is nowhere near that old.
And until recently we were using a kettle from the same period.
Really, Hillary supporters should quit calling the kettle black.
Keep on walking if the coin kettle is not attached to a tripod, as it's likely been stolen.
In the bizarre world of British public service culture, a kettle is dangerous but severe under-manning on the streets is not.
The kettle is actually a religious icon from a fairly rare Celtic faith, which of course is sacred to me and some of the converts in my team.
The kettle is plugged in and soon the soothing sound of boiling water -- the splash as the water hits tea bag -- steam rises, flavour is released -- as soon the tension will be.
The old put rats in kettle, tie the kettle to the torturee's stomach and start a fire under the kettle until the rats eat through the victims stomach has always been my favorite.