tea-urn

English

Alternative forms

• tea urn

Noun

tea-urn (plural tea-urns)

1. An urn or pot, with a gravity-fed tap at the bottom, used to hold hot water, hot tea or hot coffee.

   But as I continued to advance, the noise increased, and became like the hissing of an enormous tea-urn.

Translations

urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee

• Irish: taechoire m
• Russian: кипяти́льник (ru) m (kipjatílʹnik), тита́н (ru) m (titán), самова́р (ru) m (samovár), ба́к для воды́ m (bák dlja vodý)

See also

• tea-trolley
• tea-wagon
• tea-ware
• tea-water
• tea-wine
• tea-wrap
• tea yellows
• samovar

References

• Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

Anagrams

• Nature, aunter, natuer, nature, unrate