teakettle

== English == === Alternative forms === tea kettle tea-kettle === Etymology === From tea +‎ kettle. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/ === Noun === teakettle (plural teakettles) (dated outside US) A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages. ==== Derived terms ==== ass over teakettle teakettle groom teakettler ==== Related terms ==== tea teapot ==== Descendants ==== → Jersey Norman: ticl'ye → Welsh: tegell ==== Translations ==== === Verb === teakettle (third-person singular simple present teakettles, present participle teakettling, simple past and past participle teakettled) (intransitive, rare) To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.