noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a tempest in a teapot
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Haley dismissed the lawsuit as a tempest in a teapot.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dozens of teapots were boiling there, some of them had whistles.
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Edusha was there, pouring water into the teapot .
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One glazed clay tea set consists of a teapot surrounded by small teacups on a matching tray.
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She had a Worcester teapot , first period.
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There was a copper kettle boiling on one hob and a china teapot on the other and the stove shone clean.