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caddy

caddy

9 5.8
A small container with a lid for keeping tea
  • noun
  • /ˈkædi/
translation icon : caja de té
  • Lot 50, a George III mahogany tea caddy.

You put a nut caddy and it had wasabi peas, almonds.

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Examples

  • At the tea party, each guest received a charming little caddy filled with different types of tea.

  • We focus on the growing flower in the tea caddy in the window and then go through the window into:

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Alone in his pain, he spots his tea caddy in which he planted his seeds over a month ago.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • In one such case, a Czech citizen imported to the Czech Republic a tea caddy labeled "Mate de coca" with 100 tea bags (100 grams).

    Academic text (2007)

  • A door flew open and a scurrying domestic wheeled in the tea caddy, the cup, the molko, and the tins of oolong and Earl Grey.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • The antique shop had a beautiful wooden caddy for storing tea leaves.

  • She placed the herbs inside the labeled glass caddy to keep them fresh.

Synonyms

tea caddy
vscaddy
2.1

A small box with a lid for keeping tea leaves or tea bags

is the general small lidded container used for storing tea
tea chest
vscaddy
4.1

A strong wooden box used to store or carry tea

is a smaller lidded container for home storage rather than transport

Compounds

tea caddy
2.1

A small box with a lid for keeping tea leaves or tea bags

How Big

chest
363 1.0
canister
46 2.0
tin
113 1.0
caddy
9 5.8
sachet
2 6.9

Surface Forms

caddy singular
caddies plural

Etymology

Caddy for a tea container came into English with the Asian tea trade; it may come from Malay kati (a weight, like a 'catty') or from Cantonese cha dai ('tea box'). So it became the name for the small box used to store tea.