kettleful

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

kettleful

Where it comes from

* from kettle + -ful

noun kettlefuls · kettlesful

An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking. Mother Holle led her, too, to the great door; but while she was standing beneath it, instead of the gold a big kettleful of pitch was emptied over her.

Translations

Every language

noun amount

Español	caldeirada
Italiano	calderata

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"kettleful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kettleful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

kettleful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kettleful

Chicago

"kettleful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kettleful.

BibTeX

@misc{kettleful_2026,
  title = {kettleful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kettleful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}