stoveware

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From stove +‎ -ware.

Noun[edit]

stoveware (uncountable)

  1. Utensils for use on a stovetop, such as pots, pans, griddles, etc.
    • 1969, Margaret Laurence, The Fire-Dwellers, Macmillan, page 74:
      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.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2006 spring, “Pots and Plans”, in Marriage Partnership, page 16:
      When the non-stick stoveware was ruined, Janine and Steve Petry realized they needed a better way to treasure their possessions and each other.