Signification

• Noun

  1. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
  2. The quantity held by a kettle.
  3. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
  4. A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  5. A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  6. (slang) A steam locomotive
  7. A kettledrum.
  8. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
  9. (slang) A watch. Cockney rhyming slang from 'kettle and hob' to 'fob' (fob watch)

• Verb