kettle
/ˈkɛ.təl/ nom B1En français : bouilloire
- 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.
- The quantity held by a kettle.
- A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs. · Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
- A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
- A group of raptors swirling and spiraling upward as they ride a thermal, especially when migrating. · a kettle of hawks
- A steam locomotive.
- A kettledrum.
- An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
Pluriel kettles
Dans la bibliothèque
Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle until they came to the kitchen, where the Witch bade her clean the pots and kettles and sweep the floor and keep the fire fed with wood.
“Well, this is a pretty kettle of fish,” she said wrathfully.
Flora Jane, go out and put the kettle on.
I declare, Diana, there isn’t more than a cupful in the kettle!
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