tea cosy

British  

noun

1. a covering for a teapot to keep the contents hot, often having holes for the handle and spout

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Example Sentences

Aviation is also under pressure to build greener planes and stop adding to what Johnson called the "carbon tea cosy" heating the planet.

From Reuters • Jul. 18, 2022

This is the campest Paso in the history of Pasos, not helped by Peter looking like Russell Brand in moonboots and a tea cosy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015

Meanwhile, a knitted tea cosy, 19 tea towels, nine jigsaws and honorary ownership of a baby llama were all among the gifts sent to the Queen for her Diamond Jubilee.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2013

Appearance: WG Grace wearing a tea cosy in most representations, but blue-eyed hunk with a tightly cropped black beard in Magnificent Century.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2012

At one end is a coffee urn kept hot over a spirit lamp, milk is kept hot under a "tea cosy" or in a double pitcher, made like a double boiler.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily