Definition of Teapot

1. Noun. Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle.

Generic synonyms: Pot
Group relationships: Tea Service, Tea Set

Definition of Teapot

1. n. A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.

Definition of Teapot

1. Noun. A vessel for brewing and serving tea. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teapot

1. a vessel used in making and serving tea [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teapot

teamless
teamlike
teammate
teammates
teams
teamsheet
teamsheets
teamster
teamsters
teamwide
teamwise
teamwork
teamworking
teamworks
tean zu
teapot (current term)
teapotlike
teapots
teapoy
teapoys
tear-down
tear-downs
tear-gas
tear-gases
tear-jerker
tear-jerkers
tear-thumb

Literary usage of Teapot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punchby Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"WISHING not to appear eccentric, but to follow the fashion, I resolved to live up to a teapot. Therefore, my own little tin-plated one, price sixpence, ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"The teapot lay in a swoon on the floor, while the boiling water ran out ... said the teapot, when it afterward talked to itself of the course of its life. ..."

3. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"CHAPTER XV "Tempest in a teapot" — Capture clipper ship George Griswold of New York — Burn bark Good Hope of Boston — Funeral at sea — Bark Seaver goes to ..."

4. Hand-book of a Collection of Chinese Porcelains by James Albert Garland (1895)
"Large Flat teapot; round; polychrome borders; circular show mark in red and ... teapot; form of lotus receptacle, with seed; glazed in yellow and green. ..."

5. China Collecting in America by Alice Morse Earle (1892)
"... but it is proudly boasted that we had teapots and, of course, tea also in America. I wonder we do not claim the teapot as a Yankee invention! ..."

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