Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - kettle
Kettle
kettle
n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. Phrases and idioms kettle hole a depression in the ground in a glaciated area. a pretty kettle of fish an awkward state of affairs. Derivatives kettleful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME f. ON ketill ult. f. L catillus dimin. of catinus deep food-vessel
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noun Etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill (akin to Old English cietel ~), both from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin catillus, diminutive of catinus bowl Date: 13th century a metallic vessel usually used for boiling liquids, ~drum, 3. pothole 1b, a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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