kettle

Other forms of kettle

plural

kettles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kettle

What does kettle mean?

kettle means "a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kettle?

kettle has 2 syllables: ket-tle. The stress falls on "ket". In IPA it is /ˈkɛtəl/.

What is another word for kettle?

Close synonyms include boiler, kettleful, kettle hole, kettledrum, tympanum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kettle a common word?

kettle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.