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kettle

/ˈkɛt.əl/

Traduzioni

kettlenoun

kettles

/ˈkɛt.əl/

чайник

I boiled water in the kettle for tea.

Я вскипятил воду в чайнике для чая.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

Sinonimi

kettleverb

kettled

Past Simple

kettled

Past Participle

kettling

Gerund

/ˈkɛt.əl/

/ˈkɛt̬.əl/

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

Sinonimi

encircle

cage

isolate

round up

ring in

cordon off

kettleadjective

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

Definizioni

kettlenoun

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.

kettleadjective

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

Kettle chips are cooked in small batches for extra crunch.