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 Most schools okay a mini fridge and a microwave, and some permit coffee makers, electric kettles or air fryers. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Most schools green-light a mini fridge and microwave, and some permit extras like coffee makers, electric kettles and air fryers. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 Command presence holds time itself in an infinite now while maneuvers like the kettle choreograph the movement of information and emotions within it. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Blue skies, cool breezes, and plenty of chirping birds are enveloping the comfy Pharmalot campus, which is cause to fire up the coffee kettle for yet another cup of stimulation. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for kettle
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  1. basin
  2. saddle
  3. pothole
Noun
  • Since then, a growing movement across North America is attempting to transform ecological menaces into culinary commodities, from Florida to Hawai’i, British Columbia, Maine, and the Mississippi River basin.
    — Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Seventy-one percent of the water diverted from the lake’s basin is allocated to agriculture.
    — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of basin
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  • Birkin’s bag was black box, a kind of calf leather, with gilded brass hardware, fashioned in a rectangular shape with saddle stitching and a burnished flap embossed with the initials JB.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Lyons recalled how Meyer and Davis transformed her own cantankerous vision — mushrooms beside saddles, faucets beside disco balls, moldings beside dog doors — into a cohesive design language.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of saddle
Noun
  • This includes street and alley resurfacings, sidewalk repairs, pothole repairs, and street safety improvements.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Early use cases for individualized agents have included filing forms to have a pothole filled or messy telephone wires cleaned up, though these human response systems aren’t built to handle a massive uptick in requests.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of pothole

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