Kettle
21kettle — 1. noun /ˈketəl/ a) 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. b) The quantity held by a kettle. Theres a hot kettle of so …
22kettle — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK …
23kettle — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK …
24kettle — 1) a kettle for boiling whole fish, whence kettle of fish 2) a relatively deep and small part of a water body 3) the deepest part of a fish pond usually near the monk, q.v …
25Kettle — This interesting surname is English but ultimately of pre 7th century Old Norse origins. One of the very first or possibly even the first surname ever to be recorded, it derives from the Scandinavian personal name Ketill , often used as a short… …
26kettle — See: kettle of fish, pot calls the kettle black …
27kettle — noun 1》 a metal or plastic container with a lid, spout, and handle, used for boiling water. 2》 a container in which operations are carried out on metals or other substances with a low melting point. Phrases a different kettle of fish informal a… …
28kettle — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. Phrases and idioms: kettle hole a depression in the ground in a glaciated area. a pretty kettle of fish an awkward state of affairs. Derivatives: kettleful n. (pl.… …
29kettle — noun Etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill (akin to Old English cietel kettle), both from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus bowl Date: 13th century 1. a metallic vessel usually used… …
30kettle — [13] Latin catīnus denoted a ‘deep pan or dish in which food was cooked or served’. Its diminutive form catillus was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as *katilaz, which passed into Old English in the form cetel. This produced Middle English… …
