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  • noun An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quantity a kettle will hold

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Examples

  • But this time, the tempered glass shattered, throwing the scalding kettleful onto my thighs.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009

  • But this time, the tempered glass shattered, throwing the scalding kettleful onto my thighs.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009

  • But this time, the tempered glass shattered, throwing the scalding kettleful onto my thighs.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009

  • But this time, the tempered glass shattered, throwing the scalding kettleful onto my thighs.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teacher Tales Jack Canfield 2009

  • Neither boy waited to see more; another kettleful of chickpeas smoking in a heap on the floor; soda crackers crumbled and strewn in a line next to the doorsill.

    Excerpt: Beloved by Toni Morrison 2006

  • Having done the honours of his house in this hospitable manner, Mr. Peggotty went out to wash himself in a kettleful of hot water, remarking that ‘cold would never get his muck off’.

    David Copperfield 2007

  • I put on gloves, boiled up a kettleful, and just poured, then rubbed, then poured. . .

    I Hate Entropy (and the feeling's mutual) - A Dress A Day 2007

  • Mother Holle led her also to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

    Household Tales 2003

  • Then she left them and went down into the palace kitchens, where she told the servants to sharpen the knives, and to make a great fire ready, and hang a large kettleful of water over it.

    The Yellow Fairy Book 2003

  • There was no water heater, so hot water was produced a kettleful at a time on the propane stove.

    The Emerald Triangle Archer, Miles 2003

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