Kettle

Etymology
From ketel:, also chetel:, from  ketill: and  cytel:, cetel:, citel:, both from, of uncertain origin and formation. Usually regarded as a borrowing of catillus:, diminutive of catinus:, however, the word may be Germanic confused with the Latin: compare  chezzi:,  cete:,  kati:, ketla:. Cognate with tsjettel:,  ketel:,  Kessel:,  kittel:, Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃:. Compare also Russian котёл:.

Noun

 * 1)  A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
 * To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.
 * There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.
 * 1) The quantity held by a kettle.
 * 2)  A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.
 * Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
 * 1) A pothole.
 * 2) A group of airborne hawks riding a thermal.
 * 3)  A steam locomotive
 * 4)  A kettledrum.
 * 5)  A kettle hole.

Derived terms

 * kettle of fish
 * teakettle or tea kettle

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 水壺, 水壶, ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Kochtopf
 * Greek:, κατσαρόλα
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:


 * Italian: bollitore
 * Jèrriais: ticl'ye
 * Latvian: tējkanna
 * Lithuanian: virdulys
 * Macedonian:, котле
 * Old Frisian: sthitil
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coire
 * Serbian:
 * Sotho: ketlele
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian: tsjettel


 * Finnish:, pannullinen
 * Greek:, κατσαρόλα
 * Macedonian:, котле


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coire


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: غلاية
 * Catalan: bullidor,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 水壺, 水壶, ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, vesipannu
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: βραστήρας
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: tējkanna
 * Lithuanian: arbatinukas
 * Macedonian:, котле
 * Old Frisian: sthitil
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: coire
 * Sotho: ketlele
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian: tsjettel


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
 * 2) * 2009, John O'Connor, G20: The upside of kettling, Guardian, pages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/apr/02/police-g20-protest-kettling:
 * ... to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot. This tactic, known as kettling, is seen by some as an attempt to prevent people lawfully demonstrating.