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Synonyms for kettle

Most common

pickle cauldron pot boiler tea kettle kettleful

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Cauldron — ellipsis of kettle of fish

cauldron, pickle

2. Timpani

timpani, tympanum

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

    There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.

  2. n. 2

    The quantity held by a kettle.

Forms

Plural
kettles → cauldrons, pickles, timpanis, tympanums…

Example sentences

  • pickle Don't wave that pickle at me while you're talking!
  • cauldron He dipped the ladle into the bubbling cauldron.
  • pot All Ziri needs to do is to keep an eye on the pot.
  • boiler Give me a reading on that meter near the boiler.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
kettlerising
picklerising
cauldronrising
potrising
boilerfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pot1
6 letters
boiler2, pickle2
7 letters
timpani3
8 letters
cauldron2, tympanum3
9 letters
kettleful

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boiler2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
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