Definitions for kettle

Overview of noun kettle

The noun kettle has 4 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) kettle, boiler

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

2. kettle, kettleful

(the quantity a kettle will hold)

3. kettle hole, kettle

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

4. kettle, kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani

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