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tea·ket·tle
(tē′kĕt′l)n.
A covered kettle with a spout and handle, used for boiling water, as for tea.
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teakettle
(ˈtiːˌkɛtəl)n
(Cookery) a kettle for boiling water to make tea
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tea•ket•tle
(ˈtiˌkɛt l)n.
a portable kettle with a cover, spout, and handle, used for boiling water.
[1695–1705]
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Teakettle

A covered metal pot with a bail and a spout. Before hot water heaters were available, teakettles were kept on the kitchen stove to supply hot water for such things as shaving and hand washing. A teakettle full of boiling water was also a convenient place to cook hard-boiled eggs. (When kitchen stoves burned either coal or wood, they usually had a fire in them all day, so a teakettle on the stove provided a daylong source of hot water.)
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Translations
konvice
kedel
vedenkeitin
kotlić
ケトル
주전자
tekokare
กาต้มน้ำ
ấm đun nước
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teakettle
n → Wasserkessel m
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Teakettle
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