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Definition kettle

Etymology 1

From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old Norse ketill and Old English ?ietel (“kettle, cauldron”), both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin cat?llus (“small bowl”), diminutive of Latin catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“cauldron”), Swedish kittel (“kettle”), Gothic ?????? (katils, “kettle”), Finnish kattila. Compare also Russian ????? (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).

Noun

kettle (plural kettles)

1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
2. The quantity held by a kettle.
3. (Britain) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
4. (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5. (ornithology, collective) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
6. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
7. (music) A kettledrum.
8. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.

Verb

kettle (third-person singular simple present kettles, present participle kettling, simple past and past participle kettled)

1. (Britain, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

Etymology 2

Noun

kettle (plural kettles)

1. Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”)

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