"kettle" in the noun sense
1. kettle, boiler
a metal pot for stewing or boiling usually has a lid
2. kettle, kettleful
the quantity a kettle will hold
3. kettle hole, kettle
geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
4. kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
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