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ket·tle

(kĕt′l)

1. A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing.

2. A teakettle.

3. Music A kettledrum.

4. Geology A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice.

5. A pothole.

[Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill and Old English cetel, both from Latin catīllus, diminutive of catīnus, large bowl.]

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kettle

(ˈkɛtəl)

1. a metal or plastic container with a handle and spout for boiling water

2. any of various metal containers for heating liquids, cooking fish, etc

3. a large metal vessel designed to withstand high temperatures, used in various industrial processes such as refining and brewing

4. (Law) informal Brit an enclosed space formed by a police cordon in order to contain people involved in a public demonstration

5. (Physical Geography) short for kettle hole

(Law) (tr) informal Brit (of a police force) to contain (people involved in a public demonstration) in an enclosed space

[C13: from Old Norse ketill; related to Old English cietel kettle, Old High German kezzil; all ultimately from Latin catillus a little pot, from catīnus pot]

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ket•tle

(ˈkɛt l)

n.

1. a container, usu. of metal, in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot.

2. teakettle.

3. kettledrum.

4. kettle hole.

5. a gathering of soaring birds, as vultures, utilizing circular updrafts of warm air to gain elevation.

[1300–50; Middle English ketel < Old Norse ketill, c. Old English c(i)etel, Old High German kezzil, Gothic katils « Latin catillus, diminutive of catīnus pot]

ket·tle

(kĕt′l)

A steep, bowl-shaped hollow in ground once covered by a glacier. Kettles are believed to form when a block of ice left by a glacier becomes covered by sediments and later melts, leaving a hollow.

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Noun	1.	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 teakettle - kettle for boiling water to make tea
	2.	kettle - the quantity a kettle will hold kettleful containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
	3.	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 geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks hollow, hole - a depression hollowed out of solid matter
	4.	kettle - a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

Translations

غَلاّيَهغَلَّايَةُ

caldera

konvice

keddelkedel

Kessel Wasserkessel

βραστήρας κατσαρόλα χύτρα

tetera caldera caldero hervidor hervidor de agua

kattilakattilallinenpannullinenparvipatarumpu

bouilloire chaudron

kazankotaokotlić

kazán

ketill

bollitore un bel pasticcio

ケトル

주전자

litauraivirdulys

tējkanna

čajnikkotliček

чајник

tekokare

กาต้มน้ำ

çaydanlık

ấm đun nước

壶水壶

kettle

[ˈketl] N → hervidor m, caldera f (Bol, Uru), pava f (S. Cone)
I'll put the kettle on → voy a poner a hervir el agua (para hacer café/té)
that's a different kettle of fish → eso es harina de otro costal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kettle

[ˈkɛt^əl] n → bouilloire f
to put the kettle on → mettre la bouilloire à chauffer
The kettle's boiling
BUT Ça bout.
it's a different kettle of fish → c'est une autre paire de manches

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

kettle

n → Kessel m; I’ll put the kettle on → ich stelle mal eben (Kaffee-/Tee)wasser auf; the kettle’s boiling → das Wasser kocht; this is a different kettle of fish (Brit inf) → das ist doch was ganz anderes

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

kettle

[ˈkɛtl] n → bollitore m
that's a different or another kettle of fish (fig) → questo è un altro paio di maniche

kettle

(ˈketl) noun

a metal pot, usually with a special part for pouring and a lid, for heating liquids. a kettle full of boiling water.

ˈkettledrum noun

a type of drum made of a brass or copper bowl covered with a stretched skin etc.

kettle

→ غَلَّايَةُ konvice kedel Kessel κατσαρόλα hervidor de agua vedenkeitin bouilloire kotlić bollitore ケトル 주전자 ketel kjele czajnik chaleira чайник tekokare กาต้มน้ำ çaydanlık ấm đun nước 壶

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