How to pronounce kettle
American English pronunciation
KET-ul
- IPA
- /ˈkɛtəl/
- Syllables
- KET · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What kettle means
Most people know kettle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A bowl-shaped hollow left by melted glacier ice
In a sentence: Long ago, melting ice left a deep kettle in the field, and now it holds a pond.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as the kettle for boiling water, from an Old English word for a cooking pot. The hollow is named for its bowl shape.
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