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stemware

Syllables: stem·ware/ˈstɛm.wɛə(ɹ)/US/ˈstɛm(ˌ)wɛɚ/

stemware noun: drinking glasses that have a stem, such as wine glasses or champagne flutes.

stemware: drinking glasses that have a stem, such as wine glasses or champagne flutes
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Noun

stemware (usually uncountable, plural stemwares)

  1. (usually) Drinking glasses that have a stem, such as wine glasses or champagne flutes.
    • Selected nonheat-resistant and nonheat-tempered tableware and kitchenware: […] Tableware: […] Machine-made tumblers, goblets and other stemware1947, “No. 957.—Pressed and Blown Glassware—Quantity and Value of Shipments: 1945 [table]”, in Morris H[oward] Hansen, compiler, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1947, 68th edition...
    • [T]he stemware and glassware fragments were recovered from a brick walkway uncovered at a depth of 60 cm, located 30 cm west of the house foundation. The stemwares could have been broken while being transported to or from the house or they could be casualties of entertaining.1990, Douglas V. Armstrong, “Artifacts: Reflections of Past Lifeways”, in The Old Village and the Great House: An Archaeological and Historical Examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay...

Forms of stemware

pluralstemwares

Origin of stemware

From stem + -ware.

Questions about stemware

What does stemware mean?
Stemware means drinking glasses that have a stem, such as wine glasses or champagne flutes.
What part of speech is stemware?
Stemware is a noun.
How do you pronounce stemware?
Stemware is pronounced /ˈstɛm.wɛə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of stemware?
The plural of stemware is stemwares.

Words near stemware in the dictionary

  1. stems-and-leaves
  2. stemson
  3. stemsons
  4. stemward
  5. stemwards
  6. stemware
  7. stemwares
  8. stemwinder
  9. stemwinders
  10. stemwood
  11. sten

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