Teapot
['tiːpɒt] or ['ti'pɑt]
Definition
(n.) A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
Edited by Glenn
Examples
- The name of that lady by the teapot, is Mrs. Sparsit. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Ditto, ditto, Mr. Brooke, laughed Meg, looking young and pretty again, as she nodded to him over the teapot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Miss Moss, a dark-eyed maid in curl-papers, appeared with the teapot, and, smiling, asked the Colonel how he had slep? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- A Teapot,' repeated Mr Boffin, continuing to muse and survey the books; 'a Teapot, a Teapot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Leave that teapot alone. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And she ran upstairs to the plate-closet, and presently brought down teapot, cream-ewer, and sugar-basin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Because if he had ever showed you a teapot, I should be glad to know of it,' said Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I observed the speechless panic, the cups shaking in the little hand, and the overflowing teapot filled too full from the urn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How pretty, to my eyes, did the china cups and bright teapot look, placed on the little round table near the fire! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Then you must prove it by evincing a good appetite; will you fill the teapot while I knit off this needle? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The teapot, the old stocking-foot, the linen rag, the willow-pattern tureen will yield up their barren deposit in many a house. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He sat with his eyes on his plate, eating his muffins and ham, and she sat shyly looking at the teapot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The black teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs. Corney was moralising; and the water slightly scalded Mrs. Corney's hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She had to wash the cups every morning, and polish up the old-fashioned spoons, the fat silver teapot, and the glasses till they shone. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But a China or stone teapot, being in some degree of the nature of glass, which is not a good conductor of heat, may have a handle of the same stuff. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Among table appliances are toasters, coffee percolators, electric teapots, chafing dishes and numerous other articles that add to the convenience of preparing food. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Tess