tea cosy

See also: tea-cosy

English

a traditional German tea cosy

Alternative forms

• teacosy
• tea cosey
• tea-cosy
• tea cozy (North America)

Noun

tea cosy (plural tea cosies or tea cozies)

1. (British) An 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.

Translations

cloth covering a teapot

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 茶壺保溫套／茶壶保温套 (cháhú bǎowēntào), 茶壺保溫套／茶壶保温套 (cháhú bǎowēntào)

• Dutch: theemuts (nl) f
• Esperanto: tekruomufo
• Finnish: pannumyssy (fi)
• French: couvre-théière (fr) m
• German: Teewärmer (de) m
• Norman: chapé du pot à thée m
• Russian: ча́йная ба́ба f (čájnaja bába)
• Spanish: cubretetera f
• Swedish: tehuva c, tehuv (sv) c, tehätta (sv) c
• Tibetan: ཇ་ཁེབས (ja khebs)

See also

• egg-cosy
• teapot
• teabag
• tea leaf
• teaspoon

Anagrams

• cayotes