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• kettle — [ket′ l] n. [ME ketel < ON ketill, akin to OE cetel, Ger kessel, Goth katils, early Gmc loanword < L catillus, dim. of catinus, container for food] 1. a metal container for boiling or cooking things; pot 2. a teakettle 3. a kettledrum 4.… …   English World dictionary

• kettle — /ˈkɛtl / (say ketl) noun 1. a portable container with a lid, a spout, and a handle, in which to boil water usually on a stove top, for making tea and other uses; teakettle. 2. an electrical appliance made of either metal or plastic for boiling… …  

• kettle — /ket l/, n. 1. a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot. 2. a teakettle. 3. a kettledrum. 4. Geol. See kettle hole. [bef. 900; ME ketel < ON ketill L catillus, dim. of catinus pot; r. OE cetel, cietel L as above; cf. G… …   Universalium

• Kettle (landform) — A kettle (or kettle hole) is a shallow, sediment filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. Overview. [Tarbuck, E and Lutgens, F:Earth, page 351. Prentice Hall, 2002] Kettle holes can also form as the result of… …   Wikipedia

• kettle hole — noun A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it. Syn: kettle See Also: kettle lake …   Wiktionary

• kettle — noun 1》 a metal or plastic container with a lid, spout, and handle, used for boiling water. 2》 a container in which operations are carried out on metals or other substances with a low melting point. Phrases a different kettle of fish informal a… …   English new terms dictionary

• kettle hole — noun (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits • Syn: ↑kettle • Topics: ↑geology • Hypernyms: ↑hole, ↑hollow …   Useful english dictionary

• kettle —    A steep sided, bowl shaped depression commonly without surface drainage (closed depression) in drift deposits, often containing a lake or swamp, and formed by the melting of a large, detached block of stagnant ice that had been wholly or… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• kettle hole — noun Geology a hollow, typically filled by a lake, resulting from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits …   English new terms dictionary

• Glacier — This article is about the geological formation. For other uses, see Glacier (disambiguation). The Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram, Kashmir, Northern Pakistan. At 62 kilometres (39 mi) in length, it is one of the longest alpine glaciers on… …   Wikipedia

• lead processing — Introduction       preparation of the ore for use in various products.       Lead (Pb) is one of the oldest metals known, being one of seven metals used in the ancient world (the others are gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and mercury). Its low… …   Universalium