Synonyms for kettle
ˈkɛt lket·tle

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1. kettle, boilernoun

   a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

   Synonyms:
   kettle hole, tympanum, kettleful, timpani, boiler, steam boiler, tympani, kettledrum

2. kettle, kettlefulnoun

   the quantity a kettle will hold

   Synonyms:
   kettle hole, tympanum, kettleful, timpani, boiler, tympani, kettledrum

3. kettle hole, kettlenoun

   (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

   Synonyms:
   kettle hole, tympanum, kettleful, timpani, boiler, tympani, kettledrum

4. kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpaninoun

   a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

   Synonyms:
   kettle hole, tympanum, kettleful, timpani, boiler, middle ear, tympanic cavity, myringa, tympani, eardrum, tympanic membrane, kettledrum

Matched Categories

1. • Containerful
   • Geology
   • Hole
   • Percussion Instrument
   • Pot

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1. kettlenoun

   Synonyms:
   caldron (a large kettle)

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1. List of paraphrases for "kettle":

   cauldron, boiler, tea

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1. Maryam Peter from Pambla village:

   They provide raw rice to cook, the rice that they stole from the shops. They provide a kettle and ... scarves to cover up the women, people are going hungry. They are only feeding on corn and squash. No meat, nothing like that. The insurgents are not providing anything else.

2. Kenneth Hodder:

   That would be disastrous for our ability to meet the needs of people, so, for us, the Christmas Kettle Campaign not only is a symbol, but it is a means of acquiring the vital resources that we need.

3. Hank Johnson:

   I would say that the pot calling the kettle black is not something that we should do, i don't know what members, if any, have had any problems with substance abuse, been busted in DUI, I don't know. But if I did, I wouldn't raise it against anyone on this committee. I don't think it's proper. I think we have got to get back down to what is most important here.

4. Michelle Pope:

   Next thing I know, my kettle is running down the road. I tried to chase him down, he was just too fast.

5. Gustave Flaubert, Charles Bovary:

   For none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.