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# teapot

noun (a teapot, teapots)

«teapot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A teapot is a pot with a handle, a lid and a spout, used for making and pouring tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#m1)
2. «I'm a Little Teapot» is a children's song with actions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, tea is made in a teapot or with a teabag in a mug. In kitchen safety, a hot teapot can scald, so children should be careful. In maths and science, a teapot holds a capacity (for example 1 litre) and teaches pouring and measuring. Phrases: «put the kettle on», «a pot of tea», «a storm in a teapot» (US: a big fuss about nothing; UK says «a storm in a teacup»).

### Examples

- Nan poured the tea from a flowery teapot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x1)
- Warm the teapot before you make the tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x2)
- Be careful, the teapot is full of hot tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x3)
- We sang «I'm a Little Teapot» and did the actions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x4)
- The teapot holds 1 litre, so it fills four 250 ml cups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x5)
- The spout of the teapot dripped on the tablecloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x6)
- In Alice in Wonderland the Dormouse is pushed into a teapot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a teapot, teapots. One word. UK idiom: «a storm in a teacup» means a lot of fuss about something small.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «teapot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teapot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«teapot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teapot.html) on Mova free.