Meaning & use
airpot
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Meaning
nouncountabletrademark
A tall insulated container with a pump on top that keeps coffee or tea hot and lets you serve it.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an airpot', 'two airpots'. The word originally came from a brand name, so it is sometimes written with a capital A.
Patterns
- fill an airpot with coffee
- an airpot of hot water
The barista poured the fresh coffee into a large airpot for the morning rush.
We keep an airpot of hot water in the meeting room so guests can make tea.
The airpot was still warm hours after the coffee had been made.
Word forms
| plural | airpots |
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Common combinations
- fill an airpot
- Could you fill the airpot before the lunch service starts?
- a thermal airpot
- They use a thermal airpot to keep the soup hot.
- an airpot of coffee
- He carried an airpot of coffee to the conference table.
Synonyms and how they differ
- thermos
- A thermos is a general insulated bottle for drinks; an airpot is a larger pump-action container designed for serving many cups.
- vacuum flask
- The British term for an insulated container; it can be any size or shape, while an airpot usually has a pump and sits on a counter.
Commonly confused: airpot or airport?
airpot vs airport
An airport is a place where planes take off and land. An airpot is a container for hot drinks, so the spelling difference matters.
Practice
The café was busy, so the staff made coffee in advance and kept it hot in a(n) ______.
Choose one answer.
An airpot is the pump-action insulated container used to keep coffee hot. 'Airport' is a completely different word, and 'apron' is clothing; 'urn' is a similar container but not the word being tested here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “airpot”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.