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makitra

makitra noun: a Ukrainian clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products.

makitra: a Ukrainian clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products
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Noun

makitra (plural makitras)

  1. A Ukrainian clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products.
    • The bowls, makitras (high clay pots), salt-cellars are made in the best traditions of Gnilets ceramics. […] Besides the traditional jugs, makitras, bowls, kegs made here are figured utensils, animalistic and genre-sculptured figurines.1989, Kanev Museum of Folk Decorative Art, Dnipropetrovsk: «Промінь», →ISBN, pages 98–99
    • Some makitras were beautifully decorated from the outside and it was either glossy or dull.2010, Nadejda Reilly, “Kutia, Bleenchiki, Sweet Zapikanka, Kisil, Compote, and Other Desserts and Toppings”, in Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris...

Forms of makitra

pluralmakitras

Origin of makitra

From Ukrainian макі́тра (makítra).

Questions about makitra

What does makitra mean?
Makitra means a Ukrainian clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products.
What part of speech is makitra?
Makitra is a noun.
What is the plural of makitra?
The plural of makitra is makitras.

Words near makitra in the dictionary

  1. makisterones
  2. makisu
  3. Makit
  4. Makita
  5. Makitas
  6. makitra
  7. makitras
  8. makiwara
  9. makiwaras
  10. Makiyivka
  11. makizushi

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