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tea-kettle

tea-kettle is the alternative form of teakettle.

Meaning of teakettle

Noun

teakettle (plural teakettles)

  1. (dated outside US) A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
    • Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices.1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC

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Forms of tea-kettle

pluraltea-kettles

Phrases with tea-kettle

Questions about tea-kettle

What is tea-kettle the alternative form of?
Tea-kettle is the alternative form of teakettle.

Words near tea-kettle in the dictionary

  1. tea-gown
  2. tea-gowned
  3. tea-gowns
  4. tea-house
  5. tea-houses
  6. tea-kettle
  7. tea-kettles
  8. tea-leaf
  9. tea-leafing
  10. tea-leaved
  11. tea-leaved willow

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