Read full poem →Here living teapots stand, one arm held out,
One bent; the handle this, and that the spout:
A pipkin there, like Homer's tripod walks;
Dictionary Entry
A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.
In a Sentence
“I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. spoutspout waterspout pouringspout long
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Poetry examples for “spout”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →One rages under the stone.
One makes a spout of his mouth,
One whispers--one is gone.
Read full poem →I wish I could walk till my blood should spout,
And drop me, never to stir again,
Read full poem →One rages under the stone.
One makes a spout of his mouth,
One whispers--one is gone.
Read full poem →How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Read full poem →Is it ever hot in the square? There's a fountain to spout and splash!
In the shade it sings and springs; in the shine such foam-bows flash
Read full poem →As if no joy had ever seiz'd my breast
When from thy spout the streams did arching fly,-- 30
As if, infus'd, thou ne'er hadst known t' inspire
Read full poem →Close to the highway, pouring out
Its offering from a chink or spout;
Whence all, howe'er athirst, or drooping