kettle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 References

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[edit] Etymology

Either from (Verification for this etymology is sought): Old English (Northumbrian) cetel, or from ^[1] Old Norse ketill, from West Germanic *katil, from Latin catillus, diminutive of cantīnus ‘food-vessel’. Cognate with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (katils), Danish kedel (spelling before the writing reform of 1948: kjedel), Dutch ketel, German Kessel, Norwegian kjel West Frisian tsjettel (English did not follow the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law in this occasion), Russian котёл.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kĕt'(ə)l, IPA: /ˈketəl/, SAMPA: /"ket(@)l/
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  Rhymes: -ɛt(ə)l

[edit] Noun

kettle (plural kettles)

1. (US, 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.

   There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

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

   Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.

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

[edit] Usage notes

In British English, if not specified otherwise, the kettle usually refers to a vessel for boiling the water for tea.

[edit] Derived terms

• kettle of fish
• teakettle or tea kettle

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[edit] Verb

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

1. (British, 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.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ According to ODS: "eng. kettle laant fra nord.", English kettle borrowed from Norse