kettle
🇺🇸
/ˈketl/
🇬🇧
/ˈketl/
noun
R
a pot with a lid, handle, and spout for boiling water
I put the kettle on the stove to boil water for tea.
verb
R
to surround and contain protesters to control them
Police used a kettle to control the crowd during the protest.
translation
a pot with a lid, handle, and spout for boiling water
to surround and contain protesters to control them
Word Forms
Plural
kettles
Past
kettled
Perfect
kettled
Progressive
kettling