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samovars

samovars is the plural of samovar.

Meaning of samovar

Noun

samovar (plural samovars)

  1. 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

Questions about samovars

What is samovars the plural of?
Samovars is the plural of samovar.

Words near samovars in the dictionary

  1. Samothracian
  2. Samothracians
  3. Samothraki
  4. samoun
  5. samovar
  6. samovars
  7. samoyed
  8. Samoyede
  9. Samoyedes
  10. Samoyedic
  11. Samoyedologist

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