Kettle
noun
A container or device for boiling water, primarily used for making tea or coffee.
She put the kettle on to make some tea.
Often appears as...
- put the kettle on
- kettle boiled
noun
A deep, round metal pot used for cooking or boiling.
She cooked the soup in a large kettle.
Often appears as...
- cooking kettle
- boiling kettle
noun
A large group or collection, usually referred to birds or airplanes moving in a circular pattern.
A kettle of vultures circled around the carcass.
Often appears as...
- kettle of vultures
- kettle of hawks
noun
A geographic term referring to a hollow, basin or valley formed by glacial erosion.
There are several small lakes in the kettle below the mountain.
Often appears as...
- glacial kettle
- kettle lake
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Geographic
noun
In law enforcement jargon, it is a tactic for controlling large crowds during demonstrations or protests.
The police used a kettle to contain the protesters in a specific area.
Often appears as...
- police kettle
- crowd kettle
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Formal
Technical
noun
A container or device for boiling water, primarily used for making tea or coffee.
She put the kettle on to make some tea.
Often appears as...
- put the kettle on
- kettle boiled
noun
A deep, round metal pot used for cooking or boiling.
She cooked the soup in a large kettle.
Often appears as...
- cooking kettle
- boiling kettle
noun
A large group or collection, usually referred to birds or airplanes moving in a circular pattern.
A kettle of vultures circled around the carcass.
Often appears as...
- kettle of vultures
- kettle of hawks
noun
A geographic term referring to a hollow, basin or valley formed by glacial erosion.
There are several small lakes in the kettle below the mountain.
Often appears as...
- glacial kettle
- kettle lake
Usage tips
Geographic
noun
In law enforcement jargon, it is a tactic for controlling large crowds during demonstrations or protests.
The police used a kettle to contain the protesters in a specific area.
Often appears as...
- police kettle
- crowd kettle
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Device Usage
Specify the use to differentiate from cooking vessels when context isn't clear.
She filled the electric kettle with water for her morning coffee.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Commonality
In British culture, offering to 'put the kettle on' is a sign of hospitality.
When the guests arrived, he immediately offered to put the kettle on.
Pro Tip 1/2Device Usage
Specify the use to differentiate from cooking vessels when context isn't clear.
She filled the electric kettle with water for her morning coffee.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Commonality
In British culture, offering to 'put the kettle on' is a sign of hospitality.
When the guests arrived, he immediately offered to put the kettle on.
Pro Tip 1/2Device Usage
Specify the use to differentiate from cooking vessels when context isn't clear.
She filled the electric kettle with water for her morning coffee.
Pro Tip 2/2Cultural Commonality
In British culture, offering to 'put the kettle on' is a sign of hospitality.
When the guests arrived, he immediately offered to put the kettle on.
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we fish all the way to the kettle in Maine is very big there's a lot of people you need a good network of people to work with Yipes and TJ's got I mean there are days where I was fishing up in Maine you know fishing baits and then the next day I'm flying kites off a p-town because someone said you're betting right here right if you don't get that phone call
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
what emissions are going to make the human race look like or what they're going to make the planet look like we don't know what large-scale large-scale agriculture is going to do to the world we don't know what the feedlot farming of kettles and the amount of gas they
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
So imagine if you designed kettles, you actually found a way to solve these system failures, because this is a huge amount of pressure on the system, just because the product hasn't thought about the problem that it's going to have when it exists in the world.
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Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
broadcast as well how incredible via we know prior to doing what they do and as David as David said first time he's seen him hunting I saw them last year taking down a couple for the Beast which was so so special but Buffalo is a very different kettle of fish
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Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
the dispenser I dearly know you know it's not a good idea for them to eat from the dust bins but the hyenas scavengers they eat just about anything I've seen a hyena - through a steel Kittel that you those stainless steel kettle you put them on
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The Japanese myth of the...
but he couldn’t find anything unusual about it. Hoping a cup of tea would help them think, they set the kettle on the fire. Within moments, the metal began to sweat. Suddenly, it sprouted a scrubby tail, furry paws and pointed nose.
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What we're getting wrong...
a gallon of barbecue sauce, a bag of kettle potato chips, a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles, a box of belVita breakfast bars, a can of refried beans, a can of sweet peas, a miniature can of corn,
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Coexisting With the...
help us personalize and individualize these cats people who live in these villages close to the lions that have just basically a negative association lions mean dead kettle they get this window into the lives
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Breaking boundaries,...
that hygiene and sanitation were the key to saving lives unlike those wonderful first ladies we saw last night Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't crazy about the role so she made sure that kettle of boiling
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How to truly listen PIPE...
And so we began our lessons every single time tuning drums, in particular, the kettle drums, or timpani to such a narrow pitch interval, so something like -- that of a difference.
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Reel Talk Ep. 11 -...
we fish all the way to the kettle in Maine is very big there's a lot of people you need a good network of people to work with Yipes and TJ's got I mean there are days where I was fishing up in Maine you know fishing baits and then the next day I'm flying kites off a p-town because someone said you're betting right here right if you don't get that phone call
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
what emissions are going to make the human race look like or what they're going to make the planet look like we don't know what large-scale large-scale agriculture is going to do to the world we don't know what the feedlot farming of kettles and the amount of gas they
Video examples
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
So imagine if you designed kettles, you actually found a way to solve these system failures, because this is a huge amount of pressure on the system, just because the product hasn't thought about the problem that it's going to have when it exists in the world.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
broadcast as well how incredible via we know prior to doing what they do and as David as David said first time he's seen him hunting I saw them last year taking down a couple for the Beast which was so so special but Buffalo is a very different kettle of fish
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Safari Live - Day 4 PIPE...
the dispenser I dearly know you know it's not a good idea for them to eat from the dust bins but the hyenas scavengers they eat just about anything I've seen a hyena - through a steel Kittel that you those stainless steel kettle you put them on
Video examples
The Japanese myth of the...
but he couldn’t find anything unusual about it. Hoping a cup of tea would help them think, they set the kettle on the fire. Within moments, the metal began to sweat. Suddenly, it sprouted a scrubby tail, furry paws and pointed nose.
Video examples
What we're getting wrong...
a gallon of barbecue sauce, a bag of kettle potato chips, a box of superhero-shaped vegetable-enriched macaroni noodles, a box of belVita breakfast bars, a can of refried beans, a can of sweet peas, a miniature can of corn,
Video examples
Coexisting With the...
help us personalize and individualize these cats people who live in these villages close to the lions that have just basically a negative association lions mean dead kettle they get this window into the lives
Video examples
Breaking boundaries,...
that hygiene and sanitation were the key to saving lives unlike those wonderful first ladies we saw last night Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't crazy about the role so she made sure that kettle of boiling
Video examples
How to truly listen PIPE...
And so we began our lessons every single time tuning drums, in particular, the kettle drums, or timpani to such a narrow pitch interval, so something like -- that of a difference.
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Boy George
English Musician
My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and I have definitely got that in my personality: that ability to sort of smash the house up and then say, 'Put the kettle on,' to have that kind of attitude of, 'Well, I'm OK now, so everybody else has got to be OK.
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Jason Day
Australian Athlete
I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers. So, you know, we would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mum would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up.
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Michael Graves
American Architect
Someone once told me they didn't like taking the lid off the kettle because they'd just lose it in the kitchen, so we made a kettle with an attached lid that you slide. It was in response to that that we made one that did something different.
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Angelina Jolie
American Actress
You just don't know when you get in the editing room what you will need as a link or a tool for a transition. If you're in a room, and there's a kettle boiling, get a shot of it. Don't worry if people think you're nuts.
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Michael Fassbender
German Actor
Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.
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Ian Gillan
English Musician
When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still got that old car? Is that dog still alive?' and then we start jamming. That's how the songs get written.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
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Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.
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Declan Donnelly
English Producer
I might be a natural show-off but being your best mate's best man is a different kettle of fish.
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Haruki Murakami
Japanese Writer
I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot.
Quote examples
Boy George
English Musician
My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and I have definitely got that in my personality: that ability to sort of smash the house up and then say, 'Put the kettle on,' to have that kind of attitude of, 'Well, I'm OK now, so everybody else has got to be OK.
Quote examples
Jason Day
Australian Athlete
I remember not having a hot water tank, so we had to use a kettle for hot showers. So, you know, we would put the kettle on and go have a shower, and then my mum would come bring three or four kettles in, just to heat them up. And it would take five, 10 minutes for every kettle to heat up.
Quote examples
Michael Graves
American Architect
Someone once told me they didn't like taking the lid off the kettle because they'd just lose it in the kitchen, so we made a kettle with an attached lid that you slide. It was in response to that that we made one that did something different.
Quote examples
Angelina Jolie
American Actress
You just don't know when you get in the editing room what you will need as a link or a tool for a transition. If you're in a room, and there's a kettle boiling, get a shot of it. Don't worry if people think you're nuts.
Quote examples
Michael Fassbender
German Actor
Why does a three-year-old, and it's usually boys, want to drive the tractor or have machinery and be in control of it? I don't know. Why wouldn't you ask to boil a kettle or something? Maybe you would, I dunno.
Quote examples
Ian Gillan
English Musician
When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still got that old car? Is that dog still alive?' and then we start jamming. That's how the songs get written.
Quote examples
Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
Quote examples
Harry Connick, Jr.
American Musician
I like to jump some rope and swing kettle bells to get my blood pumping. It makes my voice sound better, and it clears my head.
Quote examples
Declan Donnelly
English Producer
I might be a natural show-off but being your best mate's best man is a different kettle of fish.
Quote examples
Haruki Murakami
Japanese Writer
I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot.
Example 1 of 10
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