- nounkettles (plural noun)
- a container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle; a teakettle.
- a large metal pot for cooking, usually with a handle.
- a bowl- or saucer-shaped container in which operations are carried out on metals or other substances with a low melting point.
- a depression in the ground thought to have been formed by the melting of an ice block trapped in glacial deposits, especially one that is circular and deep:"our lake is probably a kettle" · "a kettle pond"
- BRITISH ENGLISHa small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration:"activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest"
verbkettles (third person present)- (of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration:"the plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled"
OriginOld English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by Old Norse ketill.
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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.a covered container with a handle and a spout (= opening for pouring), used for boiling waterdictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/kettlea container for boiling water, that has a lid, handle, and spout and is made from plastic or metaldictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kettle
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