ket‧tle S3 /ˈketl/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cetel]

1. a container with a lid, a handle, and a spout, used for boiling and pouring water Synonym : teakettle American English:
She filled the kettle and switched it on.
The kettle’s boiling (=the water in it is boiling).
Put the kettle on (=start boiling water in a kettle), will you?

2. American English a large pot, used for making soup

3. another/a different kettle of fish informal used to say that a situation is very different from one that you have just mentioned:
She enjoys public speaking, but being on TV is a different kettle of fish.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

kettle
noun
ADJ. electric
VERB + KETTLE fill | plug in | have on Get yourself in, Pat, I've got the kettle on.
put on, switch on I'll just put the kettle on.
boil
KETTLE + VERB boil She made herself a sandwich while she waited for the kettle to boil.
sing, whistle The kettle started to sing.
switch itself off

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

kettle
ˈketl
See: kettle of fish , pot calls the kettle black

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲