stoveware
stoveware noun: utensils for use on a stovetop, such as pots, pans, griddles, etc.
Noun
stoveware (uncountable)
- Utensils for use on a stovetop, such as pots, pans, griddles, etc.
- Two weeks ago it was copper-bottomed stoveware at Bertha’s, and I bought a Dutch oven, which I needed slightly less than I need a Dutch uncle.1969, Margaret Laurence, The Fire-Dwellers, Macmillan, page 74
- Consumer demand for household items also seemed robust, as Potter sold items ranging from kitchenware (silverware, dishes, bottles, sifters, tinware, coffee mills, stoveware, and tea kettles) to general products for the household, like matches, washboards, lamp chimneys, string, buckets, and irons.2000, Dwight B. Billings, Kathleen M[arie] Blee, The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 255
Origin of stoveware
From stove + -ware.
Questions about stoveware
- What does stoveware mean?
- Stoveware means utensils for use on a stovetop, such as pots, pans, griddles, etc.
- What part of speech is stoveware?
- Stoveware is a noun.
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