kettle

noun

Definition of kettlenext
as in basin
a steep-sided hollow without surface drainage especially in a deposit of glacial drift

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Recent Examples of kettle There’s a clear ebb and flow to each match, but the nature of the game’s format means that every bout is a long-simmering kettle that’s primed to boil over by the time the storm’s iris forces all survivors together in a face-off to the death. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2025 Pie plates are 20-cents and 25-cents; tea kettles, $1.34; a Philco 45-record play with two records, $19.00, and a Westinghouse 7 cubic foot refrigerator at $195. — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 In Phoenix, volunteers discovered a half-ounce gold American eagle coin in their red kettle. — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Hamilton Beach electric kettle: on sale for $39.99 Original price: $49.99 The Hamilton Beach 1.7 Liter Temperature Control Electric Kettle uses double-wall construction to keep water warm twice as long. — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kettle
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  1. basin
  2. saddle
  3. pothole
Noun
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Draper Lunar Lander headed for the moon’s Schrödinger basin on the lunar far side.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
  • In reality, the water was directed to a dry lake basin elsewhere in the Central Valley – more than 100 miles north of Los Angeles.
    — CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of basin
Noun
  • Being part of a successful posse could earn a man a share of the reward money put up by the railroad, which was just a pittance compared to what the robbers took while the lawmen chasing them lived in the saddle for days or even weeks.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
  • On such a surface, parallel lines arc away from each other rather than staying the same distance apart, and at every point, the surface curves in two opposing directions like a saddle.
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of saddle
Noun
  • The roads outside Nissan Technical Center Europe are a mix of rural and town roads, with potholes, blind corners, some narrow widths, and plenty of obstacles, including, today, me.
    — Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The House and Senate will ultimately have to pass the exact same budget package, and the road to that outcome looks filled with potholes.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of pothole

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