: a vessel with a spout and a handle in which tea is brewed and from which it is served
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This is not your grandma’s teapot.
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Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
That celestial teapot in the low southern sky is what astronomers call an asterism, an easy-to-see pattern of stars that isn’t officially a constellation.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
These items come in especially handy when making a large batch of tea; strainers are often included with larger teapots.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Anna and Tom, millennial expats in Berlin, rent out their home as an Airbnb whose surfaces present a tableau of perfection: Scandinavian armchairs, Japanese teapots, sunlight filtering through the emerald leaves of a perforated monstera plant.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Elissa Suh, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
That celestial teapot in the low southern sky is what astronomers call an asterism, an easy-to-see pattern of stars that isn’t officially a constellation.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
These items come in especially handy when making a large batch of tea; strainers are often included with larger teapots.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Anna and Tom, millennial expats in Berlin, rent out their home as an Airbnb whose surfaces present a tableau of perfection: Scandinavian armchairs, Japanese teapots, sunlight filtering through the emerald leaves of a perforated monstera plant.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Teapot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teapot. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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teapot
noun
tea·pot
ˈtē-ˌpät 
: a pot that is used for brewing and serving tea and that has a spout
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