kettle

Nouns

  • (n) a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid boiler,
  • (n) the quantity a kettle will hold kettleful,
  • (n) (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits kettle hole,
  • (n) a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it kettledrum, timpani, tympani, tympanum,

Synonyms

boiler kettleful kettle hole kettledrum timpani tympani tympanum

Words of close approximity

kettledrum kettleful kettle hole kettle of fish