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kettle bottom

kettle bottom noun: a smooth cylindrical piece of petrified wood in the ceiling of a mine which may drop down and injure or kill miners.

Noun

kettle bottom (plural kettle bottoms)

  1. A smooth cylindrical piece of petrified wood in the ceiling of a mine which may drop down and injure or kill miners

Forms of kettle bottom

pluralkettle bottoms

Questions about kettle bottom

What does kettle bottom mean?
Kettle bottom means a smooth cylindrical piece of petrified wood in the ceiling of a mine which may drop down and injure or kill miners.
What part of speech is kettle bottom?
Kettle bottom is a noun.
What is the plural of kettle bottom?
The plural of kettle bottom is kettle bottoms.

Words near kettle bottom in the dictionary

  1. Ketters
  2. Kettish
  3. kettisol
  4. kettisols
  5. kettle
  6. kettle bottom
  7. kettle bottoms
  8. kettle cable
  9. kettle cables
  10. kettle chip
  11. kettle chips

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