teapot

noun

tea·​pot ˈtē-ˌpät 

: a vessel with a spout and a handle in which tea is brewed and from which it is served

Examples of teapot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s the rustle of tea leaves and paper as first one, then another spoonful of tea leaves is taken from a paper bag and poured into the teapot, then the sound of water being poured over the tea leaves, but such sounds can only be heard in the kitchen. —Katie Yee july 25, Literary Hub, 25 July 2025

Afternoon tea is a ritual here: expect lofty finger sandwiches, warm fluffy scones, and a selection of weighty patisserie treats with teapots of Jasmine Blossom or Darjeeling. —Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025

Jackie, after learning that the handy Cole had fixed her late sister's teapot without her knowing, sought him out and planted a kiss on him. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 July 2025

The show actually opens in a lighter vein, with Kumar showing us the play’s inspiration: a 2017 photograph of the then four-year-old Prince George, which, at the time, caused a tempest in an online teapot. —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1685, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing teapot

• a tempest in a teapot
• tempest in a teapot

Rhymes for teapot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot

Kids Definition

teapot

noun

tea·​pot ˈtē-ˌpät 

: a pot that is used for brewing and serving tea and that has a spout