teakettle

[tee-ket-l]

noun

1. a portable kettle with a cover, spout, and handle, used for boiling water.

teakettle

/ ˈtiːˌkɛtəl /

noun

1. a kettle for boiling water to make tea

Word History and Origins

Origin of teakettle¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; tea + kettle

Example Sentences

Pieces turn up in her paintings that are immediately recognizable to fellow Nigerians: a “Senator suit,” cabin biscuits, jerrycans, painted teakettles, braided hairstyles, clonette dolls.

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Dougherty’s mother has a copper teakettle that crossed the Atlantic with Finnish ancestors, and Dougherty’s son has already called dibs on the piece.

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Dazed residents shuffled through the debris of their homes desperate to recover what they could: A bag of rice here, a teakettle there.

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In response, 25 members of the group sent in sound clips ranging from the whistle of a teakettle to the sound of a toddler singing.

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But the actors are up to the challenge of not so much sharing scenes as coexisting within them, particularly Timoteo as the embittered wife who roils like a teakettle that has been welded shut.

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Related Words

• boiler 
• cauldron 
• pot 
• steamer