A container with a spout and handle, used for boiling water; in geology, a hollow in the ground formed by a glacial deposit; in police tactics (kettling), to contain a crowd within a cordon; the pot calls the kettle black (idiom).
Origin
From Old Norse ketill (a kettle, a cauldron), from Latin catillus (a small bowl), diminutive of catinus (a bowl, a pot). The word entered Old English as cetel. Used in English from the Old English period.
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🎧 Podcast 2 — Daily Use
Kettle in Conversation
Two British speakers · Real everyday dialogue
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🌟 Podcast 3 — Prompt Engineering
Kettle — AI Prompts
5 copyable & speakable prompt cards · Google UK English voices
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