as in basin
a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift
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Recent Examples of kettle
Balmuda’s electric kettle will make your daily coffee or tea routine feel like a relaxing ritual.
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Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
Le Creuset Enamel on Steel Whistling Tea Kettle Functional kitchen pieces can double as decor, too, like this Caribbean blue tea kettle.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
So, a nuclear reactor is like a giant whistling kettle.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
The two can be used together, but a kettle must be heated on a stovetop before the hot water is transferred to a pot or mug.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
Le Creuset Enamel on Steel Whistling Tea Kettle Functional kitchen pieces can double as decor, too, like this Caribbean blue tea kettle.
—Maggie Horton, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
So, a nuclear reactor is like a giant whistling kettle.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
The two can be used together, but a kettle must be heated on a stovetop before the hot water is transferred to a pot or mug.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kettle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kettle
Noun
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Cork comes from the spongy bark of the cork oak tree, which is primarily grown and harvested in the Mediterranean basin.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most of the basin was refilled in no more than two years — and perhaps in as little time as a few months — with the water deepening about ten meters a day at its peak.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kurt Russell is getting back in the saddle.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Sep. 2025
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Drivers who encounter potholes can call the TDOT hotline at 833-836-8349.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Aug. 2025
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And yet, this $1.9 billion transformation of public housing has been greenlit — quietly, bureaucratically, and without the basic scrutiny a city pothole repair might receive.—
Layla Law-Gisiko,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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