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a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift
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Recent Examples of kettles
A number of kitchen electrics, including kettles and toaster ovens, are marked down on Cuisinart’s website.
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Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
That’s why the United Kingdom’s National Grid engineers have to manage surges in energy use during popular broadcast events, when many viewers put their kettles on simultaneously.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Modern conveniences such as Samsung smart TVs, Nespresso machines, Smeg kettles, and minibars stocked with little bottles of limoncello and Malfy gin come standard.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Use a soft cloth dampened with soapy water on stainless steel or enamel kettles.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead of toys, drone pilots can win perks such as new combat boots, electric kettles, or upgraded night-vision goggles.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the brewing bar in each room is impressive, with different roasts of Geisha and other varieties, and all the highly specific kettles, grinders and other paraphernalia found in serious cupping rooms.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Thick limescale inside others revealed they were likely used to boil water, functioning as ancient kettles.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Melissa Knific, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
That’s why the United Kingdom’s National Grid engineers have to manage surges in energy use during popular broadcast events, when many viewers put their kettles on simultaneously.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Modern conveniences such as Samsung smart TVs, Nespresso machines, Smeg kettles, and minibars stocked with little bottles of limoncello and Malfy gin come standard.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Use a soft cloth dampened with soapy water on stainless steel or enamel kettles.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead of toys, drone pilots can win perks such as new combat boots, electric kettles, or upgraded night-vision goggles.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Unsurprisingly, the brewing bar in each room is impressive, with different roasts of Geisha and other varieties, and all the highly specific kettles, grinders and other paraphernalia found in serious cupping rooms.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Thick limescale inside others revealed they were likely used to boil water, functioning as ancient kettles.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kettles
Noun
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More than half of the 51 basins are showing water declines, according to a statewide report.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Looking south at the vast basins, peaks, and ridgelines of the Sierra.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Nashville store is in the heart of Tennessee horse country and will offer equestrian riding gear, saddles and other products, but not western saddles.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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These states form a much more complicated landscape, one in which the shapes of tipping points no longer resemble the familiar saddles and cones.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The drama continues to unfold in lower canyons into December.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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Nearby, visitors can explore waterfalls, hiking trails, dramatic coastal rock formations, redwoods, fern canyons and many more quiet nature and outdoor activities.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Michael Anderson, executive director of the Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, said with results from Senjem in hand, landowners will be able to take action to stop sediment from ravines on their properties.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Every year in the early fall, along the riverbanks and ravines of the Southeast coast, pawpaws begin to show up in the understory.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Kettles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kettles. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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