Kettle
Kettle (ket"t'l) , noun
[Old English ketel; compare Anglo-Saxon cetel, cetil, cytel; akin to Dutch kjedel, German kessel, Old High German chezzil, Icelandic ketill, SW. kittel, Danish kjedel, Gothic katils; all perh. from Latin catillus, dim. of catinus a deep vessel, bowl; but compare also Old High German chezzī kettle, Icelandic kati small ship.]
A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquids.
Collocations (2)
Kettle pins , ninepins; skittles. [Obsolete] — Shelton
Kettle stitch (Bookbinding) , the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. — Knight