NOUN | artifact | kettle, boiler | a metal pot for stewing or boiling |
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quantity | kettle, kettleful | the quantity a kettle will hold | |
object | kettle, kettle hole | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits | |
artifact | 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 |
Sounds | keh'tahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid. | |
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Synonym | boiler | |
Narrower | teakettle | kettle for boiling water to make tea |
Broader | pot | metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep |
Spanish | caldera, hervidor | |
Catalan | bullidora, bullidor, caldera |
Meaning | The quantity a kettle will hold. | |
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Synonym | kettleful | |
Broader | containerful | The quantity that a container will hold |
Spanish | hervidor | |
Catalan | bullidor |
Meaning | (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits. | |
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Synonym | kettle hole | |
Category | geology | A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks / rocks |
Broader | hole, hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter |
Meaning | A large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it. | |
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Synonyms | kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani | |
Broader | percussion instrument, percussive instrument | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another |
Spanish | atabal, timbal, tímpano, tímpanos | |
Catalan | timbala, timbales, timbal |
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