teakettle
(noun) kettle for boiling water to make tea
Source: WordNet® 3.1
teakettle (plural teakettles)
(dated outside US) A vessel for boiling water for tea.
Source: Wiktionary
Tea"ket`tle, n.
Definition: A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
