inglês > português |
kettle |
1. Substantivo. chaleira |
inglês > inglês |
kettle |
1. n. A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid. |
To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on. |
There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove. |
2. n. The quantity held by a kettle. |
3. n. (British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle. |
Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea. |
4. n. (geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole. |
5. n. (anchor, Raptors)(ornithology, collective) A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating. |
6. n. (rail transport, slang) A steam locomotive |
7. n. (musical instruments) A kettledrum. |
8. n. An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area. |
9. v. (UK, of the police) To contain demonstrators in a confined area. |
10. n. alternative form of kiddle (kind of fishweir) |
português > inglês |
chaleira |
1. n-f. kettle; teakettle (vessel for boiling a liquid) |
2. n-f. clipping of chaleira elétrica, , electric kettle |