hollowware
hollowware · hollowwares
Items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, etcItems such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, etc. (but not flatware) intended to accompany the pottery on a table.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, etc. (but not flatware) intended to accompany the pottery on a table.
(countable, uncountable)Hollow articles of ironware, such as pots and kettles.
More definitions
- silverware serving dishes
Origin
From hollow + -ware.From hollow + -ware.
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Forms
plural: hollowwaresSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- silverware serving dishes:holloware
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable