kettle

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ket·tle [kettle kettles] BrE [ˈketl] NAmE [ˈketl] noun
a container with a lid, handle and a ↑spout, used for boiling water
•an electric kettle
• (BrE)I'll put the kettle on (= start boiling some water) and make some tea.
see a different kettle of fish at ↑different, the pot calling the kettle black at ↑pot _n.

Word Origin:
Old English cetel, cietel, of Germanic origin, based on Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus ‘deep container for cooking or serving food’. In Middle English the word's form was influenced by Old Norse ketill.

Example Bank:
•I'll just boil the kettle.
•She made herself a sandwich while she waited for the kettle to boil.
•The kettle started to sing.

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