hollowware

noun

Etymology

From hollow + -ware.

  1. inherited from *hulhwą
  2. inherited from *holh
  3. inherited from holh — “a hollow
  4. inherited from holow
  5. formed as hollowware — “hollow + -ware

Definitions

  1. Items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, etc. (but not…

    Items such as sugar bowls, creamers, coffee pots, teapots, soup tureens, etc. (but not flatware) intended to accompany the pottery on a table.

  2. Hollow articles of ironware, such as pots and kettles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hollowware. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA