Read full poem →_“No, mother, no, ’twas a knot in my thread._
_There goes the kettle, I’ll make the tea.”_
Dictionary Entry
A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
In a Sentence
“There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. kettlekettle blackkettle teakettle ironkettle copperkettle large
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “kettle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And the warmth of fur,
And the boiling of the kettle
Were beautiful to her!
Read full poem →Women at your leisure
Till the kettle boil,
Snatch of me your pleasure,
Read full poem →And the warmth of fur,
And the boiling of the kettle
Were beautiful to her!
Read full poem →Who has brought the flaming imperial anger?
Who has brought the army with drums and with kettle-drums?
Barbarous kings.
Read full poem →The fir-tree quivering in her vase,
And the hop-toad in his kettle,
And a lady’s lovely face,
Read full poem →The boisterous, midnight, festive clarion,
The kettle-drum, and far-heard clarionet,
Affray his ears, though but in dying tone:-- 260
Read full poem →MONODY ON A TEA-KETTLE[18:1]
Read full poem →I tuck’d my trowser-ends in my boots and went and had a good time;
You should have been with us that day round the chowder-kettle.