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kettle

/ˈkɛt.əl/

Übersetzungen

kettlesubstantiv

kettles

Pl.

/ˈkɛt.əl/

bouilloire

She filled the kettle with water and set it on the stove to boil.

Elle a rempli la bouilloire d’eau et l’a mise sur la cuisinière pour la faire bouillir.

chaudronObjet de cuisson, surtout dans un contexte ancien ou rural.

The chef used a large kettle to prepare the soup for the entire restaurant.

Le chef a utilisé un grand chaudron pour préparer la soupe pour tout le restaurant.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

groupeOrnithologie.

cuvetteGéologie.

Synonyme

kettleverb

kettled

Präteritum

kettled

Partizip Perfekt

kettling

Gerundium

/ˈkɛt.əl/

/ˈkɛt̬.əl/

Widely used in the sense ‘to contain or confine a crowd’, and historically ‘to cook or boil in a kettle’.

encerclerEmploi policier.

Police kettled the protesters in the square for several hours.

La police a encerclé les manifestants sur la place pendant plusieurs heures.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

bouillirArchaïque.

Synonyme

cordon off

ring in

round up

isolate

cage

encircle

kettleadjektiv

Attributive use in combinations such as ‘kettle corn’, ‘kettle chips’.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

au chaudronDans les expressions culinaires, notamment pour des produits cuits en petites quantités.

Definitionen

kettlesubstantiv

A container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle; used for making tea, coffee, or other hot beverages.

She filled the kettle with water and set it on the stove to boil.

A large metal pot for cooking, typically with a lid, handle, and spout.

The chef used a large kettle to prepare the soup for the entire restaurant.

A depression in the ground formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.

The hikers stopped to rest by the kettle, which was now a small pond.

A group of birds, especially raptors, soaring and circling together on a thermal.

We watched a kettle of hawks spiral upward on the warm air.

kettleverb

To confine or contain (a crowd of people) in a limited area, especially as a police tactic during demonstrations.

Police kettled the protesters in the square for several hours.

(Archaic) To boil or stew in a kettle.

They kettled the meat over an open fire.

kettleadjektiv

Prepared or processed in a kettle; relating to a kettle.

Kettle chips are cooked in small batches for extra crunch.