samovar
/ˈsæməvɑː(ɹ)/
samovar noun: a metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
Noun
samovar (plural samovars)
- A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
- The samovar was beginning to sing; the laborers and the family, having disposed of the horses, came in to dinner.1901 [1878], chapter 25, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 3
- Come on now with the samovar ─ and make haste sorting the letter-bag.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 107
samovar meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Arabic and Indonesian
samovar in Hindi
- metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea
- हंडी haṇḍī, समोवार samovār
samovar in Urdu
- metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea
- سَماوار samāvār
samovar in Arabic
- metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea
- سَامَوَار samawār, سَمَوَار samawār
samovar in Indonesian
- metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea
- samovar
More languagesFewer languages
- samovar in Thai
- ซาโมวาร์ saa-moo-waa
- samovar in Vietnamese
- ấm xa-mô-va, ấm lò
- Kashmiri
- سَماوار samāvār
Examples of samovar in a sentence
- The house had tatami mats, pechka (a Russian stove) and samovar (a Russian water boiler for tea).
- A traditional Russian tea urn, a samovar, with bubliks, which are similar to bagels.
- The agile old servant opened the cellaret, prepared the tea table, and brought a boiling samovar.
Forms of samovar
| plural | samovars |
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Origin of samovar
From Russian самова́р (samovár, “self-boiler”); from само́ (samó, “self”) + вари́ть (varítʹ, “boil, cook”).
Questions about samovar
- What does samovar mean?
- Samovar means a metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.
- What is samovar in Hindi?
- Samovar in Hindi is हंडी (haṇḍī), समोवार (samovār). See Samovar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is samovar?
- Samovar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce samovar?
- Samovar is pronounced /ˈsæməvɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of samovar?
- The plural of samovar is samovars.
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