teakettle

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A large, heavy-paper funnel is put in the nose of the teakettle which is boiling on the gas range.

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  1. noun A covered kettle with a spout and handle, used for boiling water, as for tea.

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  • A big long whistle like a teakettle, or maybe a hot radiator. —  FSFMagazine,July2007
  • She realized the teakettle was whistling and said, "Hold on a second." —  Karin Slaughter - Blindsighted
  • By the time he heard the teakettle issuing its high-pitched summons, he knew he had to do something. —  Spider-Man2
  • "Ass over teakettle," Billy Lee said aloud in the sudden stunning silence. —  John Sandford - The Empress File
  • These scales that are formed and deposited in your radiator and cooling system are very similar to the scale that forms inside a teakettle or coffeemaker after the boiling of hard water.
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