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teapot

Syllables: tea·pot/ˈtiː.pɒt/US/ˈti.pɔt/

teapot noun: a vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

teapot: a vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout
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Noun

teapot (plural teapots)

  1. A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

Proper noun capitalized: Teapot

the Teapot

  1. (informal) An asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.
    • Only in modern America has Sagittarius been ignominiously turned into a teapot - although to most Americans, a teapot is as exotic as a centaur.1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy Association, volume 108, number 1, page 27, column 1

teapot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Gujarati

teapot in Hindi

vessel for tea
चायदानी cāydānī, चायदान cāydān

teapot in Tamil

தேனீர்க்கெண்டி

teapot in Urdu

vessel for tea
چائے دانی cāe dānī

teapot in Gujarati

teapot
ચાદાની cādānī
More languagesFewer languages
teapot in Pashto
چاينکه čāynáka, چايبر čāybár, چی دمۍ cax̌kúray
teapot in Tagalog
tsarera
teapot in Arabic
إِبْرِيق شَاي ʔibrīq šāy, إِبْرِيق الشَّاي ʔibrīq aš-šāy, براد barrād, بَرَّاد الشَّاي barrād aš-šāy
teapot in Malay
teko
teapot in Indonesian
poci, poci teh, teko
teapot in Thai
กาน้ำชา, ปั้น bpân, ป้าน bpâan, กา gaa
teapot in Vietnamese
ấm trà, ấm pha trà

Examples of teapot in a sentence

  • The media frenzy over the actor's drunken behavior was a tempest in a teapot.
  • A stringless guitar is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
  • I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

All 19 example sentences with teapot

Forms of teapot

pluralteapots
alternative formtea-pot
alternative formtea pot

Plural of teapot: teapots

Origin of teapot

Endocentric compound of tea + pot.

Words formed from teapot

Questions about teapot

What does teapot mean?
Teapot means a vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
What is teapot in Hindi?
Teapot in Hindi is चायदानी (cāydānī), चायदान (cāydān). See Teapot meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is teapot?
Teapot can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce teapot?
Teapot is pronounced /ˈtiː.pɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of teapot?
The plural of teapot is teapots.

Words near teapot in the dictionary

  1. teamworking
  2. Tean
  3. Teaneck
  4. teaness
  5. Teans
  6. teapot
  7. teapot effect
  8. teapotful
  9. teapotfuls
  10. teapotism
  11. teapotlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: teapot (page history and authors); Teapot (page history and authors); teapot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચાદાની (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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