Meanings
nountea cosy (plural tea cosies or tea cozies)
plural tea cosies · plural tea cozies · alternative teacosy · alternative tea cosey · alternative tea-cosy · alternative tea cozy
- UKAn insulating cloth covering, shaped to fit over a teapot to maintain warmth.
She had just finished knitting a tea cosy decorated with a floral pattern.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Catalan cobretetera
- cobreteteracloth covering a teapot
Chinese Mandarin 茶壺保溫套 /茶壶保温套
- 茶壺保溫套 /茶壶保温套 (cháhú bǎowēntào)cloth covering a teapot
Dutch theemuts
- theemutscloth covering a teapot
Esperanto tekruomufo
- tekruomufocloth covering a teapot
Finnish pannumyssy
- pannumyssycloth covering a teapot
French couvre-théière
- couvre-théièrecloth covering a teapot
German Teewärmer
- Teewärmercloth covering a teapot
Russian ча́йная ба́ба
- ча́йная ба́ба (čájnaja bába)cloth covering a teapot
Spanish cubretetera
- cubreteteracloth covering a teapot
Swedish tehuva, tehuv
- tehuvacloth covering a teapot
- tehuvcloth covering a teapot
- tehättacloth covering a teapot
Welsh cap tebot
- cap tebotcloth covering a teapot
Cite this entry
APA
tea cosy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20cosy
MLA
“tea cosy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20cosy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tea cosy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea%20cosy.
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