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# kettle

noun (a kettle, kettles)

«kettle» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for boiling water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, kettles boil water for tea, hot chocolate and cooking; electric kettles switch off when the water boils. In science, the steam from a kettle shows water changing from liquid to gas at 100 degrees Celsius. In safety lessons, children learn that kettles, steam and hot water can cause bad burns; keep the cord away from the edge. Phrases: put the kettle on, boil the kettle, electric kettle, a different kettle of fish.

### Examples

- Mum put the kettle on for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x1)
- The kettle whistled when the water boiled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x2)
- Steam came out of the kettle's spout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x3)
- Never touch a hot kettle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x4)
- Keep the kettle cord away from the counter edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x5)
- Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x6)
- That's a different kettle of fish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x7)
- But something was the matter with the kettle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/#x8)

### Note

Countable. Double t: k-e-t-t-l-e. "Put the kettle on" is a very common phrase in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand meaning "let's make a hot drink". Safety: steam burns too; if you get a burn, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult. "A different kettle of fish" means a different matter.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a cooking pot used at the sanctuary at Shiloh for boiling the sacrificial meat.

**Interpretation.** The story shows how Eli's sons took more of the offering than the law allowed. The tradition calls this a great sin.

### Examples

- and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. (Prophets 1SA.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kettle/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Double t: k-e-t-t-l-e. "Put the kettle on" is a very common phrase in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand meaning "let's make a hot drink". Safety: steam burns too; if you get a burn, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult. "A different kettle of fish" means a different matter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kettle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kettle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kettle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kettle.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «kettle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kettle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kettle» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/kettle.html) on Mova free.