cozy
4
3.5
- noun
- /ˈkoʊzi/
- US
:
funda para tetera
- She knitted a beautiful cozy to protect her teapot from the cold.
- a tea cozy
Examples
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The group was in Wendy's house tonight, and Wendy always kept the teapot full and steaming under a cozy she'd made, an exact, quilted replica of the teapot itself.
Fiction book (1993) -
Keep the cozy on the pot.
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Have you tried the tea cozy?
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She makes it carefully, using real tea, not tea bags, warming the pot, covering the whole thing with a tea cozy.
Fiction book (2000) -
She lifted the tea cozy from the ceramic pot, poured Vic another cup of chamomile, and handed the empty pot to Demetrio.
Fiction book (1995) -
I gestured toward the bedside table, adorned with a small teapot, carefully kept warm under a knitted cozy, and a silver-plated toast rack, just as carefully keeping the toast nice and cold.
Fiction book (1992) -
After tea, I placed the cozy back on the pot to keep it warm.
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The cozy kept the tea warm for hours during the chilly afternoon.
Synonyms
373
1.0
A large soft cloth you use on a bed to keep warm
22
3.2
A soft warm fabric used for jackets and blankets
1
6.0
A soft cover placed over a teapot to keep tea warm
1
7.0
A brand name for a blanket with sleeves worn at home to keep warm
Compounds
A small comfortable place, often private or hidden, where you go to relax and feel safe
How Warm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cozy (the small warm cover) comes from an old Scottish word cosy that meant 'comfortable' or like a 'cuddle'. Think of the cover 'cuddling' the teapot to keep it warm, which is why a cozy keeps things hot.