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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
Use kettleful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kettleful means An amount sufficient to fill a kettle, particularly of a kettle used for cooking..
Common synonyms include kettle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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