kettle

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noun

1. a metal pot for stewing or boiling;
usually has a lid (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
boiler
• Derivationally related forms:
boil (for: boiler)
• Hypernyms:
pot
• Hyponyms:
teakettle
2. the quantity a kettle will hold
• Syn:
kettleful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
3. (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
• Syn:
kettle hole
• Topics:
geology
• Hypernyms:
hole, hollow
4. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
• Syn:
kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani
• Derivationally related forms:
timpanist (for: timpani), tympanist (for: tympani), timpanist (for: tympani), tympanic (for: tympani), tympanist (for: tympanum), timpanist (for: tympanum)
• Hypernyms:
percussion instrument, percussive instrument

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  kettledrum, tympanum, tympani, timpani, kettle hole, kettleful, boiler