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kettle British & World English

a metal or plastic container with a lid, spout, and handle, used for boiling water

fish kettle British & World English

an oval pan for cooking a whole fish

jug kettle British & World English

a tall, narrow electric kettle like a jug with a lid

kettle corn British & World English

popcorn that is sweetened with sugar during cooking

kettle hole British & World English

a hollow, typically filled by a lake, resulting from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

tea kettle British & World English

a metal container with a lid, spout, and handle, used for boiling water

paint kettle British & World English

a container with a handle used to hold paint during use

whistling kettle British & World English

a kettle fitted with a spout that whistles as steam is forced through it when the kettle is boiling

a different kettle of fish in kettle British & World English

a completely different type of person or thing from the one previously mentioned

the pot calling the kettle black in pot1 British & World English

used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves

kettledrum British & World English

a large drum shaped like a bowl, with a membrane adjustable for tension (and so pitch) stretched across