teakettle
noun
a portable kettle with a cover, spout, and handle, used for boiling water.
teakettles
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pluralof teakettle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Andersen goes on, rather self-indulgently, to name-check every cultural totem from Aeron chairs and Alessi teakettles to “Mad Men,” and somewhat underplays the political significance of his own findings.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
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.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2023
But this coating is not appropriate for teakettles or pots that are used for cooking, because the lacquer does not stand up to hot water.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2022
Celebrated architect who created whimsical postmodern structures and later designed products for people with disabilities and household goods such as whistling Alessi teakettles and stainless steel colanders.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2015
The room felt like a museum of random ordinary objects; the walls held glass cases boasting keys, pendulums, coins, oven mitts, ropes, even teakettles, and more.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
