A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
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teapot
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for teapot.
Editorial note
The possibility of you turning into a teapot is non-zero, just astronomically low.
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Quick take
A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of teapot gathered in one view.
(astronomy, informal) An asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for teapot.
noun
A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
noun
(astronomy, informal) An asterism within the constellation Sagittarius forming a recognizable teapot shape with spout, handle, and lid.
Example sentences
The possibility of you turning into a teapot is non-zero, just astronomically low.
When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Shell of course has templating -- but it's a little dangerous...: template=teapot size=short build=stout \ cat <<eof > teapot.conf I'm a $template - $size and $build.
Maybe all-out war is not the fitting answer to what was, realistically, a tempest in a teapot.
In the end it was pretty much a media created tempest in a teapot.
They're working hard to keep up with the urgent demand for spinning teapot demos.
I think that for most researchers, all this affair sounds like a storm in a teapot.
They can't instigate an area denial attack on these claims without strangling their own economy either, so it's kind of a tempest in a teapot.
It's no different today than it has been historically, it's just that the particular choice of teapot for the tempest has changed through the years.
Also letting the coffee steep in a pre-heated cup/kettle/teapot is fine.
This whole thread looks like tempest in a teapot.
Not sure if I'd want to put a whole teapot in my microwave.
Quote examples
This sort of "Russell's teapot" insurance claim is, unsurprisingly, looked upon dimly by the regulators.
I meant like a varying question - "which is not an animal - zebra, teapot, monkey,.." so yeah, if your AI can pick the right wav file it's beatable..
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use teapot in a sentence?
The possibility of you turning into a teapot is non-zero, just astronomically low.
What does teapot mean?
A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.
What part of speech is teapot?
teapot is commonly used as noun.