Définitions
1.NounA 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.NounThe quantity held by a kettle.
3.NounA vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs."Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea."
4.NounA kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5.NounA 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.NounA watch (timepiece).
10.NounA bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
11.NounA type of encirclement.
12.NounEllipsis of kettle of fish."Well, we're really in a kettle now, aren't we?"
13.VerbTo contain demonstrators in a confined area.
14.VerbOf a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.
15.NounAlternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).