kettle
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- noun
- /ˈkɛtəl/
- I boiled water in a kettle to make tea for my guests.
- an electric kettle
- a tea kettle
- kettle of water
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Watch on YouTubeIt was kind of a picture, a water pot or a kettle warming up.
- It was kind of a picture, a water pot or a kettle warming up.
- Craig walks off to where the sink is and boils the kettle.
- It's like a boiling kettle, can't hold it for that long.
- That is the pot saying the kettle was born in Kenya.
- Next match up here Pringles sour cream and onion or kettle cooked sour cream and onion.
- That's, that's the slow frog in the kettle.
- So there's a lot of, you know, kettles boiling.
Examples
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I'll go and see if she's put the kettle on.
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I'll put the kettle on.
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# Is that kettle on, Tom?
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Shall I put the kettle on?
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First things first, let's get the kettle on.
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Just got to wait for the kettle to boil.
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In the kitchen, she filled the kettle and switched it on to boil.
Fiction book (1990) -
"I'll go and put the kettle on," she told Verena, "and we'll have that cup of tea."
Fiction book (1990) -
Mum smiled at me as I put the kettle on the hob.
Fiction book (1994) -
The kettle's boiling.
Synonyms
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A round container used for cooking or holding plants
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4.8
A large metal pot for boiling liquids over an open fire
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A pot with a handle and spout for boiling water to make tea
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A metal pot used to boil water over a fire
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1.9
A large metal pot with a lid for boiling or stewing food
Idioms
Compounds
- UK
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8.5
A hollow in the ground that forms when buried ice melts and is often filled with water
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Etymology
Kettle comes from an old Norse word ketill, which meant 'cauldron' or cooking pot used over a fire. That's why a kettle is still a pot for boiling water.