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kettle

/ˈkɛt.əl/

kettlesubstantiv

kettles

Pl.

/ˈkɛt.əl/

Übersetzungen

чайник

I boiled water in the kettle for tea.

Я вскипятил воду в чайнике для чая.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

котелок

Definitionen

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.

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’.

Definitionen

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.

Synonyme

encircle

cage

isolate

round up

ring in

cordon off

kettleadjektiv

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

Definitionen

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

Kettle chips are cooked in small batches for extra crunch.