Kettle vs. Pot

A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.

Example: ‘To cook pasta, you first need to put the kettle on.’; ‘There's a hot kettle of soup on the stove.’;

The quantity held by a kettle.

(British) A vessel for boiling water for tea; a teakettle.

Example: ‘Stick the kettle on and we'll have a nice cup of tea.’;

(geology) A kettle hole, sometimes any pothole.

A collective term for a group of raptors riding a thermal, especially when migrating.

A steam locomotive

(musical instruments) A kettledrum.

An instance of kettling; a group of protesters or rioters confined in a limited area.

To contain demonstrators in a confined area.

A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.

a metal pot for stewing or boiling; usually has a lid

the quantity a kettle will hold

(geology) a hollow (typically filled by a lake) that results from the melting of a mass of ice trapped in glacial deposits

a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

a container or device in which water is boiled, having a lid, spout, and handle.

a bowl- or saucer-shaped container in which operations are carried out on metals or other substances with a low melting point.

a small area in which demonstrators or protesters are confined by police seeking to maintain order during a demonstration

Example: ‘activists in the kettle were protesting at being held and resisting arrest’;

(of the police) confine (a group of demonstrators or protesters) to a small area, as a method of crowd control during a demonstration

Example: ‘the plan was to get as close to the protest as possible without getting kettled’;

A kettle, sometimes called a tea kettle or teakettle, is a type of pot specialized for boiling water, with a lid, spout, and handle, or a small kitchen appliance of similar shape that functions in a self-contained manner. Kettles can be heated either by placing on a stove, or by their own internal electric heating element in the appliance versions.

A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly

A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffee or teapot.

A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.

A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; a toilet; the lavatory.

Example: ‘Shit or get off the pot.’;

A crucible: a melting pot.

A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobsterpot.

A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

(obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.

A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

(slang) Ruin or deterioration.

Example: ‘After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.’;

(historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.

(rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.

(gambling) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.

Example: ‘No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.’;

A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.

(sports) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket in cue sports such as billiards.

(slang) nodot=a: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.

(slang) nodot=a: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.

A plaster cast.

(historical) nodot=a: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

Marijuana

A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

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To put (something) into a pot.

Example: ‘to pot a plant’;

To preserve by bottling or canning.

Example: ‘potted meat’;

(cue sports) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.

(cue sports) To be capable of being potted.

Example: ‘The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.’;

(transitive) To shoot with a firearm.

To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.

To secure; gain; win; bag.

(British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

To tipple; to drink.

(transitive) To drain.

Example: ‘to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc. with perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off’;

To seat a person, usually a young child, onto a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.

Example: ‘Could you please pot the children before sending them to bed?’;

To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.

An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.

A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.

A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.

A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc.

A perforated cask for draining sugar.

A size of paper. See Pott.

marijuana.

The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool;

A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; - called also pot helmet.

The total of the bets at one time; the pool.

To place or inclose in pots

To shoot for the pot, i.e., cooking; to secure or hit by a pot shot; to shoot when no special skill is needed.

Example: ‘When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.’;

To secure; gain; win; bag.

To tipple; to drink.

Example: ‘It is less labor to plow than to pot it.’;

To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy.

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

the quantity contained in a pot

a container in which plants are cultivated

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Example: ‘a batch of letters’; ‘a deal of trouble’; ‘a lot of money’; ‘he made a mint on the stock market’; ‘it must have cost plenty’;

the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

slang terms for a paunch

a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets

street names for marijuana

plant in a pot;

Example: ‘He potted the palm’;