teakettle means A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
teakettle is pronounced /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/.
Etymology
From tea + kettle.
noun
- A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.“Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.”
verb
- To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.“The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me.”