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kettles

kettles is the plural of kettle.

kettles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kettle.

Meaning of kettle

Noun

kettle (plural kettles)

  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.
  2. The quantity held by a kettle.
  3. A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
    • Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.
    Synonyms:
    teakettle
  4. A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  5. (collective) A group of raptors swirling and spiraling upward as they ride a thermal, especially when migrating.
    • a kettle of hawks
  6. (slang) A steam locomotive.

See all 17 meanings of kettle

Proper noun capitalized: Kettles

Kettles

  1. (plural) plural of Kettle

Phrases with kettles

Questions about kettles

What is kettles the plural of?
Kettles is the plural of kettle.
What part of speech is kettles?
Kettles is a proper noun.

Words near kettles in the dictionary

  1. Kettleman City
  2. kettlemen
  3. Kettleness
  4. kettler
  5. kettlers
  6. kettles
  7. kettles of fish
  8. kettlesful
  9. Kettlethorpe
  10. Kettlewell
  11. Kettlewell with Starbotton

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