teakettle

[ tee-ket-l ]

/ ˈtiˌkɛt l /

a portable kettle with a cover, spout, and handle, used for boiling water.

Origin of teakettle

First recorded in 1695–1705; tea + kettle

For the first time, as she stood watching the teakettle with the lamplight full upon her, he got a clear view of his hostess.

The Forbidden Trail |Honor Willsie
After a second, he hissed like a teakettle, then slapped his knee.

Makers |Cory Doctorow
When Watt sat by the fire watching the steam from the teakettle lift the lid, he was not precisely idle.

A Girl's Student Days and After |Jeannette Marks
These are so wretched, there is not a teakettle in the land so insignificant that it would boil over them.

Malbone |Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He had crossed two small streams, and was now close to the Teakettle.

Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery |Theodore Goodridge Roberts

teakettle

/ (ˈtiːˌkɛtəl) /

a kettle for boiling water to make tea