Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A covered pot with a spout in which tea is steeped and from which it is served.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A vessel in which tea is made, or from which it is poured into tea-cups.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
WordNet 3.0
- n. pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
Etymologies
- tea + pot (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Perhaps one positive thing that might emerge from this political tempest in a teapot is a public awareness that scientists are fallible, emotional, and anything but value-free -- just like everyone else.”
“The Design of Everyday Things (which I refer to as the teapot and door handle book).”
“This "tempest in a teapot" is almost exactly like the protests by pro-lifers before the Notre Dame graduation speech.”
“Just because the teapot is referenced in ancient texts and young children are told all about it every Sunday, does not mean there is a teapot.”
“And if you buy flowering teas, a glass teapot is of course entirely necessary.”
“It will need drainage so if the teapot is cracked, that is actually better.”
“I would even go so far as to say that theis tiff-in-a-teapot is more of a marketing device for both the neocon beltway libertarians and the Lewciferians to rally their supporters against the other side — a way to convince their respective followers that indeed they are more pure than the other.”
“And I am certain, just as night follows day, that after this tempest in a teapot is gone the blogsters and anti-Obama ranters here will find some other non-event to bray on about. —”
Watching for Fallout From the Blagojevich Report - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“The teapot is huge compared to what is made today.”
“Two blocks today for the birthday block swap on quilting. about.com - the teapot is for Grace, who asked for (suprise, surprise) teapots.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘teapot’.
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EN - xenophobic terms
Alle Menschen werden Brüder - sooner or later? Derogatory terms for anybody different.
abe, anchor baby, ann, ape, apple, asian nigger, aunt jemima , aunt jane, aunt mary, aunt sally, banana, beaner and 315 more...
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tea phrases /words
everything tea
Abyssinian tea, afternoon t, Algerian tea, Appalachian tea, Arabian tea, Australian tea, Barbary tea, Bencoolen tea, Blue Mountain tea, Botany Bay tea, Bourbon tea, Brazil tea and 294 more...
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A Garnish of Pewter
A list of pewter items and wares gleaned from the literature, or found listed for sale in antique catalogs - from spoons to stills and chamber pots to church cups. A synonym for the larger, heavier...
teapot, porringer, flagon, wine funnel, pepper shaker, broth bowl, basin, candlesticks, tankard, beaker, measure, chalice and 155 more...
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TECH - furniture
The universe as IKEA sees it.
Furniture, haberdashery, household articles and a lot more. The bulk of the list (750 entries) are IKEA articles in the original English version IKEA use...active-response c..., add-on-unit for s..., adjustable slatte..., alarm clock, alkaline battery, anti-slip socks, anti-slip underlay, armchair, armrest, artificial flower, artificial garland, artificial plant ... and 830 more...
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Jugs
aludel, aljofaina, pig, chytra, gallipot, brown-george, coffee-pot, cezve, ibrik, biggin, drip pot, water-jug and 78 more...
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kitchen utensils
glass, knife, fork, teapot, oven, spoon, plate, frying pan, saucepan, masher, spatula, strainer and 13 more...
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Pots
What are all these pots doing?
fuss-pot, toss-pot, hot-pot, piss-pot, despot, bam-pot, crackpot, depot, bridgepot, sexpot, hochepot, monkey-pot and 30 more...
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Wordnik Vocabulary List
Inspired by some comments over on the Feedback profile.
bilby, feedback, Bonnie, Toonces, trebuchet, fufluns, cupcakes, umbrage, teapot, Wordie, wordie, wordnik and 54 more...
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Asterisms
Although Orion's Belt and The Big Dipper (or The Plough) are not official constellations, they are still quite familiar to stargazers. Such groupings of stars are called asterisms.
summer triangle, big dipper, little dipper, coathanger, plough, spring triangle, diamond of Virgo, great square of P..., winter circle, Orion's belt, keystone, diamond cross and 19 more...
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Dynamo
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
thunderfuck, incredible, merp, sara, flopparoo, smother, fugly, buer, plum, canny, nefelibata, cuntbucket and 2455 more... -
Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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The Way of Tea
All things tea (lingo, paraphernalia, types).
high tea, meat tea, four o'clock tea, five o'clock tea, tea party, teapoy, tea service, tea set, tea tray, teapot, teakettle, tea urn and 150 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, T
torquate, thalassocracy, toothsome, travois, tempestuous, tone, tincture, tripwire, tether, trill, tenacious, travesty and 355 more...
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arby's words
me default
shirty, kerfuffle, tenterhooks, susurrus, palimpsest, crimson, rufous, cicatrix, crepuscular, carapace, quaff, exanimate and 239 more...
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punnything's Words
existentialist, configure, numismatist, autumnal, desist, ennui, taciturn, vacillate, naivete, bloodletting, tete-a-tete, concentric and 274 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for teapot.
plethora I think he's more likely to be tall and limber, like a japanese schoolgirl doing a pommel horse routine. Feb 11, 2009
bilby But is he short and stout? Feb 11, 2009
vanishedone New update: his profile now says he's a tea-pot, but it still links to this unhyphenated page. Feb 10, 2009
reesetee UPDATE: According to his profile, he's now a peatot. Jan 9, 2009
oroboros John's a little one ;o) Jul 6, 2007