Lexic.us

Definition of Kettle

1. Noun. A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid.

2. Noun. The quantity a kettle will hold.

3. Noun. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits.

4. Noun. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it.

Definition of Kettle

1. n. A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

Definition of Kettle

1. Noun. (cookware) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. ¹

2. Noun. The quantity held by a kettle. ¹

3. Noun. (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle. ¹

4. Noun. A pothole. ¹

5. Noun. A group of airborne hawks riding a thermal. ¹

6. Noun. (context: rail transport slang) A steam locomotive ¹

7. Noun. (musical instruments) A kettledrum. ¹

8. Noun. (geology) A kettle hole. ¹

9. Verb. (British of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kettle

1. a vessel for boiling liquids [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kettle

ketosteroid ketosteroids ketosuccinic ketosuccinic acid ketosuria ketotetrose ketotetroses ketotic ketotifen ketotriose

ketotrioses ketoxime ketoximes kets kettle (current term) kettle corn kettle drum kettle drums kettle fur collector kettle fur collectors

kettle hole kettle holes kettle lake kettle lakes kettle of fish kettlebell kettlebells kettled kettledrum

Literary usage of Kettle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Boiling the Wort in kettle.—The kettle consists of a pear-shaped copper ... The wort as soon as it runs clear from the mash tub is collected in the kettle. ..."

2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"If the pulleys get out of order, it is called a "kittle of fish/* but why one cannot understand, unless it be a mere corruption of "a pretty kettle of fish ..."

3. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"kettle-drums especially are mentioned with the ... is to be heard for miles.2 kettle-drums and tambourines occur among the ..."

4. Primitive Music: An Inquiry Into the Origin and Development of Music, Songs by Richard Wallaschek (1893)
"kettle-drums especially are mentioned with the ... is to be heard for miles.2 kettle-drums and tambourines occur among the ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of by Royall Tyler, Vermont Supreme Court (1810)
"JETHRO KENNY against ELIAS kettle et al. in an action THIS was an action of trespass for ... In tlle County Court, defendant kettle pleaded son goods, ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"0J kettle containing 21 tons melted crystals. ®^ kettle containing 42 tons ... 9^ kettle containing 42 tons enriched liquid. ^) Full kettle made up of 42 ..."

7. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"They are taken with the smallest kind of hook, No. 12, with worm bait; and when secured, are put into the bait-kettle, and preserved until used. ..."

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