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Definition: Teapot |
TeapotNoun1. Pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "teapot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A teapot is a vessel in which to brew tea leaves with boiling water, either inside a tea bag or loose, in which case a tea strainer will be needed to catch the leaves when the tea is poured.. Teapots usually have an opening on the top with lid where the tea and water are added, and a spout through which the tea can be poured. A small hole in the top of the lid is necessary to stop the spout dripping when poured.
Which Teapot?
Teapots vary largely in design and purpose. Black teas are best brewed in a stoneware teapot, while stronger teas such as Assam and Ceylon are best brewed in pewter, iron or silver teapots. Lighter teas such as Darjeeling and green teas are suited to porcelain and fine china teapots.
You should not use the same teapot for very different teas - herbal and very strong smoky teas, for example.
Teapot Care
Teapots should never be washed in a dishwasher or soapy water. They should be rinsed with warm water and left upside down to dry. To remove build-up of tannin in a glazed teapot you can use boiling water and a couple teaspoons of baking soda, and leave overnight. The layer of tannin in an unglazed teapot can be left, as it will enhance the flavour without flaking off as would happen if the pot were glazed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Teapot."
Crosswords: Teapot |
| English words defined with "teapot": cosey, cosy, cozey, cozie, cozy ♦ Harding ♦ President Harding ♦ tea cosey, tea cosy, tea cozey, tea cozie, tea cozy, tea service ♦ Warren Gamaliel Harding, Warren Harding. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "teapot": Bulling the Barrel ♦ Storm in a Teapot. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Oregon Trail marker near Teapot DomeLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |  | Flagging Oregon Trail near Teapot DomePrior to ReseedingLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |
 | Kelton road between Bennett Creek and Teapot DomeOregon TrailLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |  | Teapot Dome characters. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | President Calvin Coolidge. Breakfast table, set with iron stone plates, pressed glass and silver teapot. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Teapot" by Marlon Bruin Commentary: "Made by handicapt people." | "Little bronze teapot 4" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "Asian-style bronze teapot." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | He used to raise a storm in a teapot. |
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| "Teapot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.46% of the time. "Teapot" is used about 226 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.46% | 218 | 20,478 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.77% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.44% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 226 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "teapot": teapot ladle ♦ teapot spout ladle. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "teapot": tin-teapot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
teapot | 747 | cast iron teapot | 15 |
model teapot | 80 | picture of teapot | 14 |
teapot dome scandal | 61 | glass teapot | 14 |
yixing teapot | 54 | clipart teapot | 13 |
antique teapot | 45 | tea for one teapot | 10 |
hall teapot | 38 | teapot china | 10 |
dome teapot | 37 | collector teapot | 10 |
wholesale teapot | 35 | antique blue chinese large teapot white | 9 |
teapot collectible | 34 | unique teapot | 9 |
ceramic teapot | 34 | arthur wood teapot | 9 |
cardew teapot | 33 | art clip teapot | 9 |
english teapot | 31 | silver teapot | 8 |
sadler teapot | 26 | electric teapot | 8 |
tempest in a teapot | 25 | clay purple teapot | 8 |
i m a little teapot | 22 | mini teapot | 8 |
miniature teapot | 21 | bee house teapot | 8 |
novelty teapot | 18 | clock teapot | 8 |
chinese teapot | 18 | cat teapot | 8 |
japanese teapot | 17 | teapot lamp | 8 |
cake teapot | 16 | teapot for one | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "teapot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ibrik çaji, çajnik (kettle, teakettle, urn). (various references) | |
Catalan | tetera. (various references) | |
Chinese | 茶壺 , 茶壶. (various references) | |
Cornish | tebot. (various references) | |
Czech | konvice na èaj (tea pot), èajník (kettle, tea pot). (various references) | |
Danish | tepotte (tea-pot). (various references) | |
Dutch | trekpot, theepot (tea pot). (various references) | |
Esperanto | tepoto, tekruĉo. (various references) | |
Farsi | قوری چای (Teakettle). (various references) | |
Finnish | teekannuvalusanko (tea pot ladle, teapot ladle, teapot spout ladle). (various references) | |
French | théière (tea pot, tea-pot). (various references) | |
German | Teekanne (tea pot). (various references) | |
Greek | τσαγιέρα (tea pot). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תיון, קומקום (kettle), טיון. (various references) | |
Hungarian | teáskanna (kettle, tea kettle, tea pot). (various references) | |
Italian | teiera (pot, tea-pot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 茶瓶 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ちゃびん. (various references) | |
Manx | poht earkagh, pash hey. (various references) | |
Mohawk | yotitsheronnyàtha. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eapottay.(various references) | |
Polish | czajnik. (various references) | |
Portuguese | buledechá. (various references) | |
Russian | чайник (kettle, tea pot, teakettle). (various references) | |
Sepedi | pitaana ya teye. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | čajnik (kettle, tea pot). (various references) | |
Spanish | tetera (kettle, tea-pot). (various references) | |
Swedish | tekanna (tea-pot). (various references) | |
Thai | กาน้ำชา. (various references) | |
Turkish | demlik (infuser, pot, tea pot). (various references) | |
Turkmen | здяnik, здяnek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чайник (kettle). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ấm pha trà. (various references) | |
Welsh | tebot. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "teapot": teapots. (additional references) | |
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"Teapot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Diaphot, teagot, teape, Teepol, tenpot, Tompot, Trappitt, tuamotu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "teapot" (pronounced tē"pÄ't) |
| 3 | -p Ä' t | crackpot, eyespot, flowerpot, jackpot, sunspot. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-o-p-t-t" | |
-1 letter: petto. | |
-2 letters: atop, pate, peat, poet, tape, tate, teat, tepa, toea, tope, tote. | |
-3 letters: ape, apt, ate, att, eat, eta, oat, ope, opt, pat, pea, pet, pot, tae, tao, tap, tat, tea, tet, toe, top, tot. | |
-4 letters: ae, at, et, oe, op, pa, pe, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-o-p-t-t" | |
+1 letter: paletot, pottage, teapots. | |
+2 letters: apostate, autotype, gatepost, operetta, optative, outleapt, paletots, palmetto, patentor, patootie, plottage, postdate, postheat, potatoes, pottages, prostate, tabletop, tetrapod, thiotepa, toeplate. | |
+3 letters: apostates, asymptote, autotypes, gateposts, operettas, optatives, osteopath, palmettos, panettone, panettoni, pastorate, patentors, patooties, petiolate, petticoat, plottages, poetaster, portative, postdated, postdates, posthaste, postheats, postulate, potentate, potential, prostates, prostrate, protonate, spectator, spottable, tabletops, tetrapods, thiotepas, toeplates, vaporetti, vaporetto. | |
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