kettlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈket.əl/us/ˈket̬.əl/kettle noun [ C ] (EQUIPMENT)
a container for boiling water, that has a lid, handle, and spout and is made from plastic or metal
B1 to start to boil water in a kettle
Examples
- I think this kettle is defunct!
- This kettle needs descaling.
- I don't like the design of this kettle.
- The kettle needs a new element.
- I want to plug the kettle into the right-hand socket.
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Kitchen appliances
- Aga
- autoclave
- blender
- broiler
- cafetière
- coffee grinder
- domestic appliance
- gas mark
- griddle
- grinder
- halogen hob
- hob
- microwave
- mincer
- mixer
- oven
- percolator
- Primus stove
- rotisserie
- white goods
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kettle noun [ C ] (POLICE)
an occasion when police form lines around a crowd of people and prevent them from leaving a particular area
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The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- police state
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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Idiom(s)
kettleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈket.əl/us/ˈket̬.əl/If the police kettle a crowd of people, they form lines around them and prevent them from leaving a particular area.
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The police generally
- baton
- baton charge
- billy club
- booze bus
- CID
- constabulary
- escort
- fuzz
- patrol car
- plain clothes
- police
- police department
- police force
- police state
- the long arm of the law idiom
- the Metropolitan Police
- the RCMP
- the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- traffic cops
- warrant
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