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1. A container for boiling water, with a lid, spout and handle
   "I'll put the kettle on to make some tea"
    
2. A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid
   - boiler
    
3. The quantity a kettle will hold
   - kettleful
    
4. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
   - kettle hole
    
5. A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
   - kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
    
6. A pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
   - pothole, chuckhole [US]

1. Use police to contain demonstrators in a small area

Derived forms: kettling, kettles, kettled

Type of: containerful, hole, hollow, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, pot

Encyclopedia: Kettle, Martin