Meanings
nountea-urn (plural tea-urns)
plural tea-urns · alternative tea urn
- An urn or pot, with a gravity-fed tap at the bottom, used to hold hot water, hot tea or hot coffee.
With the money that you have in hand, you may purchase, my dear, at your most convenient time, a tea-urn; that which we have at present having never been handsome, and being now old and patched.
1836, William Cowper, The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations, With a Life of the Author, page 44
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 茶炊
- 茶炊 (cháchuī)urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
Irish taechoire
- taechoireurn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
Russian кипяти́льник, тита́н
- кипяти́льник (kipjatílʹnik)urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
- тита́н (titán)urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
- самова́р (samovár)urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
- ба́к для воды́ (bák dlja vodý)urn or pot for holding hot water, tea or coffee
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tea-urn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tea-urn.
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