Definition of "teapot" []

• A covered pot with a spout in which tea is steeped and from which it is served. (noun)

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• "Perhaps one positive thing that might emerge from this political tempest in a teapot is a public awareness that scientists are fallible, emotional, and anything but value-free -- just like everyone else."
• "The Design of Everyday Things (which I refer to as the teapot and door handle book)."
• "This "tempest in a teapot" is almost exactly like the protests by pro-lifers before the Notre Dame graduation speech."