teapot

[tee-pot]

noun

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

teapot

/ ˈtiːˌpɒt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of teapot¹

First recorded in 1610–20; tea + pot ¹

Idioms and Phrases

see tempest in a teapot.

Example Sentences

“Mrs. Clarke, my apologies for breaking a good teapot on the coachman’s exceptionally hard head.”

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There, at a charming table for two, with her only companion being the thin plume of steam that rose lazily from the teapot before her, sat Miss Charlotte Mortimer.

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Nichols’s large donation of ceramics to the museum included an Izumo ware teapot glazed in the creamy buttermilk hue that distinguishes its type.

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Most of the seaborne oil imports from Russia go to China’s independent refineries, known as teapots.

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Most of Iran’s sanctioned oil exports are bought by independent “teapot” refineries in China’s Shandong region.

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