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- Dictionarykettle/ˈkɛtl/
noun
- 1. a container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.
- 2. a depression in the ground thought to have been formed by the melting of an ice block trapped in glacial deposits, especially one that is circular and deep: "our lake is probably a kettle"
verb
- 1. (of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration: "the plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled"
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