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| ket·tle [ kétt'l ] (plural ket·tles) |
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1. household
Same as teakettle
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2. metal pot: a metal pot used for cooking, usually one with a lid
  a fish kettle
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3. geology basin in glacial drift deposit: a steep-sided basin, often a lake or swamp, in a glacial drift deposit, caused by the melting of an ice mass left behind as the glacier retreated
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| [ Old English cetel, via Germanic < Latin catillus "small cooking pot"] |
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a different kettle of fish a different situation or person to be dealt with
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a pretty or fine kettle of fish an undesirable situation, usually one caused by somebody's negligence or incompetence
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