| kettle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. boiler, kettle | a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. kettle, kettleful | the quantity a kettle will hold. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (object) | 3. kettle, kettle hole | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits. |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ hollow, hole | a depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. kettle, kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum | a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it. |
| ~ percussion instrument, percussive instrument | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another. |
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