Definition of "kettle" in 英语

noun

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

   • To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
   • There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

2. The quantity held by a kettle.

3. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.

   • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

4. (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

5. (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.

   • a kettle of hawks

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.

9. (slang) A watch (timepiece).

10. A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.

verb

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

2. (intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

noun

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