kettle : Idioms & Phrases
Fish kettle
- a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Webster 1913
Giant kettle
- a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See
Pothole .
Webster 1913
kettle hole
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noun (geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits
kettle.
WordNet
kettle of fish
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noun informal terms for a difficult situation
mess; fix; muddle; jam; hole; pickle.
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
WordNet
Kettle pins
- ninepins; skittles. Obs. Shelton.
Webster 1913
Kettle stitch
(Bookbinding) , the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. Knight.
Webster 1913
two kettle
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noun a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux