kettle

«kettle» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a kettle, kettles)

meaning for a pupil

A container with a lid, a handle and a spout, used for boiling water. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it is a cooking pot used at the sanctuary at Shiloh for boiling the sacrificial meat. Interpretation: The story shows how Eli's sons took more of the offering than the law allowed. The tradition calls this a great sin. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, kettles boil water for tea, hot chocolate and cooking; electric kettles switch off when the water boils. In science, the steam from a kettle shows water changing from liquid to gas at 100 degrees Celsius. In safety lessons, children learn that kettles, steam and hot water can cause bad burns; keep the cord away from the edge. Phrases: put the kettle on, boil the kettle, electric kettle, a different kettle of fish.

examples

• and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith. (Prophets 1SA.2.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• Mum put the kettle on for tea. tree →
• The kettle whistled when the water boiled. tree →
• Steam came out of the kettle's spout. tree →
• Never touch a hot kettle. tree →
• Keep the kettle cord away from the counter edge. tree →
• Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. tree →
• That's a different kettle of fish. tree →
• But something was the matter with the kettle. tree →

note

Countable. Double t: k-e-t-t-l-e. "Put the kettle on" is a very common phrase in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand meaning "let's make a hot drink". Safety: steam burns too; if you get a burn, cool it under cool running water for 20 minutes and tell an adult. "A different kettle of fish" means a different matter.

In the corpora

• Unplug a kettle before filling it, fill it only to the line and keep its cord away from the edge.
• Many of them have a clever little switch that decides when to stop, like the click you hear when the kettle has boiled.
• The white crust inside a kettle is limescale, minerals left behind from hard water.
• Things that heat, like kettles, ovens and heaters, use far more electricity than a phone charger or an LED bulb.
• Things that make heat, like kettles and heaters, use a lot of electricity.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kettle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.