I sit in the kitchen to hold your hot soup. Also a game for a fun-loving group. Go for strikes at the end of the lane, Or eat from my belly, tho that sounds insane

This four letter word can be an animal, but you might also use a wax version of me to close a letter. I can sometimes be airtight, or you might even talk about a lab being hermetically ____ed

In metal skin they toil and trot, with gears that never tire or rot. Like a clock's ticking heart, a helping hand that's hard to stop.

I am an armoured army of thousands, standing on a single leg and blindly chasing a golden god. When youth leaves me, my neck stiffens into a permanent morning prayer, and my heavy head bows to yield a bounty of black-and-white shields. What am I?

I was built to fly, yet someone insists on holding me back.