kettle
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English ketel, also chetel, from Old Norse ketill and Old English cytel, cetel, citel (“kettle, cauldron”), both from Proto-Germanic *katilaz (“kettle, bucket, vessel”), of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of Late Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), diminutive of catinus (“deep bowl, vessel for cooking up or serving food”), however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare Old High German chezzi (“a kettle, dish, bowl”), Old English cete (“cooking pot”), Icelandic kati, ketla (“a small boat”). Cognate with West Frisian tsjettel (“kettle”), Dutch ketel (“kettle”), German Kessel (“kettle”), Swedish kittel (“kettle”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils, “kettle”). Compare also Russian котёл (kotjól, “boiler, cauldron”).[1]
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kettle (plural kettles)
- (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- (UK) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
- Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
- A pothole.
- A group of airborne hawks riding a thermal.
- (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive
- (music) A kettledrum.
- (geology) A kettle hole.
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In British English, if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.
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[edit] See also
Kettle (birds) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Kettle (birds)
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kettle (third-person singular simple present kettles, present participle kettling, simple past and past participle kettled)
- (UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
- 2009, John O'Connor, 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.
- 2009, John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling, Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:
[edit] References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary 2ed. "kettle"
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