kettle

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
2. 2
   The quantity held by a kettle.
3. 3
   A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
4. 4
   A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
5. 5
   A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
6. 6
   A steam locomotive
7. 7
   A kettledrum.
8. 8
   An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
9. 9
   A watch (timepiece).
10. 10
    A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
11. 11
    Alternative form of kiddle (“kind of fishweir”).

Verb

1. 1
   To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
2. 2
   Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.
2. 2
   An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States, named after a creek.
3. 3
   An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States, named after a summit.
4. 4
   Synonym of Kingskettle, Fife, Scotland.