n. A vessel of iron, copper, tin, or other metal, of various shapes and dimensions, used for boiling or heating water and other liquids, or for cooking vegetables, etc., by boiling. Compare camp-kettle, tea-kettle.n. A tin pail. [Local, U. S.] A kettledrum.n. figuratively, a cavity or depression suggesting the interior of a kettle.n. Same as kiddleA variant of kittle.