A large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, "boiling") is rendered also "pot" (Psalms 81:6), "caldron" (2 Chronicles 35:13), "basket" (Jeremiah 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace-offerings (1 Samuel 2:13,14).

KET'TLE, n. A vessel of iron or other metal, with a wide mouth, usually without a cover, used for heating and boiling water or other liquor.

Among the Tartars, a kettle represents a family, or as many as feed from one kettle.

Among the Dutch, a battery of mortars sunk in the earth, is called a kettle.

a vessel for culinary or sacrificial purposes. (1 Samuel 2:14) The Hebrew word is also rendered "basket" in (Jeremiah 24:2) "caldron" in (2 Chronicles 35:13) and "pot" in (Job 41:20)