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sinkware

sinkware noun: items used with a sink, such as drainers, mats, faucets, and soap dishes.

Noun

sinkware (uncountable)

  1. Items used with a sink, such as drainers, mats, faucets, and soap dishes.
    • At the same time, suggest related items when mentioning canister sets, bathroom scales and sinkware.1959 December 31, “How to reach more customers with your advertising”, in Hardware Age, volume 184, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Company, page 55, column 2
    • SAVE 50% Sears Quality Colored Sinkware / $3.29 Dish Drainer. […] $2.79 Dish Drainer […] $2.98 Drainboard Tray. […] $1.98 Dish Pan. […] $1.49 Sink Mat […] $1.49 Sink Guard1973 September 23, Independent Press-Telegram, volume 22, number 7, Long Beach, Calif., Sears advertising supplement, page 6
  2. Sinks collectively.
    • Refrigerator and stainless steel sinkware included in the kitchen.1970 July 31, “Construction Of Complex Underway In Somerset Co.”, in The Cumberland News, volume 33, number 251, Cumberland, Md., page 12, column 3
    • Emco’s building products include shingles, felt, and ceiling tiles for the construction industry, along with metal sinkware and specialty stainless-steel items for the institutional food service market.1998, Hoover’s Masterlist of Major International Companies, 1998-1999, Austin, Tex.: Hoover’s Business Press, →ISBN, page 93

Examples of sinkware in a sentence

  • You see, besides being colorful, practical and good protection for both your sink and your dishes, Rubbermaid sinkware is sturdy and durable.1976 April, “7 years of daily use and still going strong”, in Home Center Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Vance Publishing Corp., page 69:
  • [Product or Product Class] Plastics sinkware (flatware or dish drainers, drainer trays and mats, sink mats, sink strainers, dustpans, soapdishes, etc.) (except foam and wire coated) | [% Share] 0.881996, Arsen J. Darnay, editor, Manufacturing USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics, and Leading Companies, 5th edition, volume 1, Gale...
  • Everything is sleek, including the utensils and sinkware.2006, Miami & the Florida Keys, London: Time Out Guides Limited, →ISBN, page 152:
  • Manufacturing specialists of stainless steel, and colored sinkware.2000, Chicago/Midwest Design Index, Des Plaines, Ill.: The Ashley Group, →ISBN, page 236:

Origin of sinkware

From sink + -ware.

Questions about sinkware

What does sinkware mean?
Sinkware means items used with a sink, such as drainers, mats, faucets, and soap dishes.
How do you use sinkware in a sentence?
You see, besides being colorful, practical and good protection for both your sink and your dishes, Rubbermaid sinkware is sturdy and durable.
What part of speech is sinkware?
Sinkware is a noun.

Words near sinkware in the dictionary

  1. sinks of iniquity
  2. sinks or swims
  3. sinkt
  4. sinkwa towelsponge
  5. sinkward
  6. sinkware
  7. sinkwater
  8. sinky
  9. Sinla
  10. sinless
  11. sinlessly

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