coffeepot

American  

[kaw-fee-pot, kof-ee-] / ˈkɔ fiˌpɒt, ˈkɒf i- /

noun

1. a container, usually with a handle and a spout or lip, in which coffee is made or served, or both.

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coffeepot British  

/ ˈkɒfɪˌpɒt /

noun

1. a pot in which coffee is brewed or served

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Etymology

Origin of coffeepot

First recorded in 1695–1705; coffee + pot ¹

Example Sentences

When he tried to replace a Bunn coffeepot with a fancier machine, the “old ladies” who come in each morning protested—“I want to see my coffee,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Is your coffeepot clogging up when you brew your morning cup of java?

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

But the approximately 260 unionized U.S. stores are a drop in the coffeepot of Starbucks’ total number of stores, nearly 17,000 in the United States alone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

I’ve tucked into crema Catalana and crispy Persian rice, and unearthed the battered copper coffeepot I bought in Jerusalem’s Old City.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021

She stood alone in the kitchen, holding the empty coffeepot that she had been about to, wash.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin