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Definition of "kettle" []

  • A metal pot, usually with a lid, for boiling or stewing. (noun)
  • A teakettle. (noun)
  • Music A kettledrum. (noun)
  • Geology A depression left in a mass of glacial drift, formed by the melting of an isolated block of glacial ice. (noun)
  • A pothole. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "kettle" in a sentence
  • "Keep on walking if the coin kettle is not attached to a tripod, as it's likely been stolen."
  • "That battered copper kettle is nowhere near that old."
  • "And until recently we were using a kettle from the same period."