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Definition of Teapot
1. Noun. Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle.
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
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! ..."