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Definition of: kettle
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(ket′l) noun
1. A metallic vessel for stewing or boiling; a teakettle.
2. A tin pail.
3. A hole in the bottom of a stream or pond where carp lie in winter.
4. A kettle–shaped cavity, as in rock or glacial drift: also kettle hole.
5. A kettledrum. [OE cetel]
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