Noun kettle has 4 senses
- kettle, boiler - a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
--1 is a kind of pot
--1 has particulars: teakettle
- kettle, kettleful - the quantity a kettle will hold
--2 is a kind of containerful
- 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
--3 is a kind of hole, hollow
- 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
--4 is a kind of percussion instrument, percussive instrument
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