put the kettle on

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• put the kettle on — phrase to boil water, especially for making tea Thesaurus: preparing tea and coffee drinkshyponym general words for drinkssynonym Main entry: kettle …   Useful english dictionary

• Polly Put the Kettle On — is a nursery rhyme. Molly Put the Kettle On or Jenny s Baubie was published by Joseph Dale c 1809 10. It was also printed, with Polly instead of Molly in Dublin about the same time. The melody is vaguely similar to Oh du lieber Augustin , which… …   Wikipedia

• put the kettle on — boil water in order to make coffee or another hot beverage …   English contemporary dictionary

• put the kettle on — to boil water, especially for making tea …   English dictionary

• put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• kettle — [[t]ke̱t(ə)l[/t]] kettles 1) N COUNT A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and a spout for the water to come out of. [mainly BRIT] I ll put the kettle on and make us some tea. N COUNT: usu N of n A… …   English dictionary

• kettle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ electric VERB + KETTLE ▪ fill ▪ plug in (BrE) ▪ put on (esp. BrE) ▪ I ve just …   Collocations dictionary

• kettle — noun (C) 1 a metal or plastic container with a lid, a handle, and a spout (=for pouring), used to boil water 2 put the kettle on to boil water in a kettle: I ll put the kettle on for tea. 3 another/a different kettle of fish informal used to say… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• kettle — ket|tle [ˈketl] n [: Old English; Origin: cetel] 1.) a container with a lid, a handle, and a ↑spout, used for boiling and pouring water American Equivalent: teakettle ▪ She filled the kettle and switched it on. ▪ The kettle s boiling (=the water… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English