teapot

[ tee-pot ]

/ ˈtiˌpɒt /

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noun

a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.

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Origin of teapot

First recorded in 1610–20; tea + pot¹

Words nearby teapot

team up with, teamwork, Teaneck, tea-of-heaven, tea party, teapot, Teapot Dome, teapoy, tear, tear apart, tear around

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How to use teapot in a sentence

Having an image once a day of a wildfire is a bit like having a chocolate teapot… not very useful.
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It’s tempting to dismiss this dust-up as a tempest in a teapot.
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After an hour or two of losing energy to the teapot and surrounding air, the tea in the pot is no longer hot.
Getting cozy with a science experiment|Bethany Brookshire|April 13, 2021|Science News For Students
Think of it as a teapot sweater to keep the tea warm for a longer period of time.
Getting cozy with a science experiment|Bethany Brookshire|April 13, 2021|Science News For Students

The teapot, in turn, will transfer some of its heat to the air around it.
Getting cozy with a science experiment|Bethany Brookshire|April 13, 2021|Science News For Students
Eventually, the fire sale extended to his personal belongings—including a $20 enamel teapot.
The Zillionaires Who Lost Everything|Tom Sykes|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They greeted us with a glass of sugared mint tea, called a “Berber whisky”, poured from high above out of a silver teapot.
On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, this particular fooforaw may be a tempest in a teapot: OPM may rule that they can offer subsidies to staffers.
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When the ADL mixes serious, weighty trends with these teapot tempests, they ignore real Jewish issues.
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When CEO Jamie Dimon first announced the loss in April, he pegged it at just $2 billion, and called it “a tempest in a teapot.”
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That evening old Liz filled her teapot, threw her apron over it, and descended to the court to visit Mrs Rampy.
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
You Joe King, d cevada to the cavallos, chega the teapot, and don't bother me nada.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
I was taciturn, he lively as one of the crickets that used to chirp behind his little Queen Anne teapot of a fireplace.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
She turned a little awkwardly to her tea things, and poured needless water from the silver kettle into the teapot.
The New Machiavelli|Herbert George Wells
Cherchez la femme, said Maitland with evident gratification, counting spoonfuls of tea into the teapot.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley

British Dictionary definitions for teapot

teapot

/ (ˈtiːˌpɒt) /

noun

a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is served

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Other Idioms and Phrases with teapot

teapot

see tempest in a teapot.