<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot</li><li>a teakettle</li><li>a kettledrum</li><li>Geology: kettle hole</li><li>an enclosed area to which demonstrators are herded for containment by police</li></ul><p><strong>verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to surround and contain (demonstrators) in an enclosed area</li></ul>