Definizione monolingua

kettle

kettle (third-person singular simple present kettles, present participle kettling, simple past and past participle kettled)

1. (UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
   • 2009, John OConnor, G20: The upside of kettling, Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:

     ... to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.

kettle (plural kettles)

1. (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

   To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.

   Theres a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

2. The quantity held by a kettle.
3. (UK) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.

   Stick the kettle on and well have a nice cup of tea.

4. A pothole.
5. A group of airborne hawks riding a thermal.
6. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
7. (music) A kettledrum.
8. (geology) A kettle hole.

Definizione dizionario kettle

	bollitore
	vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food
	A metal container used to boil any kind of liquid.

calderotto

	teiera
	teakettle

bricco

casseruola

cuccuma

pentola

ramino

tegame

Altri significati:

(geology) A kettle hole.

(cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

quantity held by a kettle

(rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive

The quantity held by a kettle.

(music) A kettledrum.

A pothole.

A metal container used to boil water.

A metal container used for boiling water for tea.

(UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

A group of airborne hawks riding a thermal.

(UK) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.