Kettle

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim The quantity held by a kettle.
3. isim 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. isim A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5. isim A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.

   “a kettle of hawks”

6. isim A steam locomotive.
7. isim A kettledrum.
8. isim An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
9. isim A watch (timepiece).
10. isim A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
11. isim A type of encirclement.

    “Near-synonym: cauldron”

12. isim Ellipsis of kettle of fish.

    “Well, we're really in a kettle now, aren't we?”

13. fiil To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

    “Life for senior officers has been made much easier by the use of counter-terrorism powers, which enable them to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.”

14. fiil Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.
15. isim Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).
16. özel isim A surname.
17. özel isim An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States, named after a creek.
18. özel isim An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States, named after a summit.
19. özel isim Synonym of Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland.