| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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