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How to pronounce “kettle”

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Pronunciation guide for kettle

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of kettle with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
What If You Could Give a TED Talk? An Inside Look at "My Big Idea," an Original Series from TED 13 minutes, 58 secondsput the kettle on.
Definition summary
(cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

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How to pronounce kettle

What If You Could Give a TED Talk? An Inside Look at "My Big Idea," an Original Series from TED 13 minutes, 58 seconds

put the kettle on.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “kettle”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (cooking) A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
  • The quantity held by a kettle.
  • A vessel or appliance used to boil water for the preparation of hot beverages and other foodstuffs.
  • (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.
  • (ornithology, collective) A group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.
  • (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive.
  • (music) A kettledrum.
  • An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.
  • (slang) A watch (timepiece).
  • A bucket for holding a quantity of paint during the painting process.
  • [Verb]
  • (originally British, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area.
  • (intransitive) Of a boiler: to make a whistling sound like the boiling of a kettle, indicative of various types of fault.

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Similar Sounds

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