drip pot
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3.5
- noun
- /drɪp pɑt/
- The drip pot allows hot water to flow evenly through the coffee grounds.
Examples
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I brewed a fresh pot of coffee in my drip pot this morning.
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Fred put the boiling water into the drip pot.
Fiction book (1995) -
But my own guests would walk over and retrieve theirs from the automatic drip pot.
Academic text (2004) -
I use the Solo Fill reusable K-cups, and actually save money on coffee over using my old drip pot.
Blog text (10) -
She prefers using a drip pot to brew her coffee because it enhances the flavor.
Synonyms
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1.0
A machine that brews coffee by itself
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2.1
A machine that makes coffee at home or work
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1.0
A tall container with a spout for making and serving coffee
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Morphology
The meaning 'a pot used for drip coffee' is directly and literally derivable from 'drip' (a tiny falling drop) + 'pot' (a vessel); it denotes a pot that makes coffee by dripping water through grounds. This straightforward noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Drip pot comes from the simple picture of a pot where hot water drips through the coffee grounds into a container below. Because of that slow 'dripping' way of making coffee, a drip pot now means a coffeepot made to brew coffee by letting water pass slowly through the grounds.