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| kettle |
| 1. n. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. |
| To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on. |
| There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove. |
| 2. n. The quantity held by a kettle. |
| 3. n. (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle. |
| Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea. |
| 4. n. (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole. |
| 5. n. (anchor, Raptors)(ornithology, collective) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. |
| 6. n. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive |
| 7. n. (musical instruments) A kettledrum. |
| 8. n. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area. |
| 9. v. (UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area. |
| 10. n. alternative form of kiddle (kind of fishweir) |
