“He filled the kettle with water and set it on the stove to boil, opening a pack of instant ramen noodles after he had finished that.”
“Place them on a grate in a fish kettle, with a pinch of salt, adding one sliced carrot, one sprig of thyme, and two bay leaves.”
kettling
A crowd control technique, used by police, where a hostilegroup of protesters or rioters are surrounded and not allowed to disperse, sometimes with the use of temporary fencing to corral and isolate portions of the group.
kettleful
An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking.