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1.nounA vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid."There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove."
2.nounThe quantity held by a kettle.
3.nounA vessel for boiling water for tea."Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea."
4.nounA kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5.noun(collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating."a kettle of hawks"
6.nounA steam locomotive
7.nounA kettledrum.
8.nounAn instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
9.verb(of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.