What is another word for samovars?

Pronunciation: [sˈamuːvˌɑːz] (IPA)

A samovar is a traditional Russian tea urn that is used to keep water boiled and ready for tea-making. Synonyms for the word include tea urn, teapot, kettle, hot water dispenser, and hot pot. Other alternative phrases include Russian tea urn, Russian water dispenser, and boil pot. Often associated with Russian culture, samovars have become an important symbol of hospitality, warmth, and unity. Samovars come in various sizes, shapes, and designs, but the essence remains the same; a vessel that provides people with steaming hot water for making tea. Whether you call it a samovar, tea urn, or hot water dispenser, the purpose is all the same.

What are the hypernyms for Samovars?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    boilers, kettles, tea warmer, Hot water urns, Tea services.

Usage examples for Samovars

Come and watch the poor people pawn their samovars and candlesticks, to raise money for a pretty flag.
"The Promised Land"
Mary Antin
Dark shadows chase one another by the flickering light among copper kettles of ruddy glow, old-fashioned samovars, and massive andirons of tarnished brass.
"Children of the Tenements"
Jacob A. Riis
The cup that cheered, those sober souls, And tiny tea-trays, samovars, and bowls.
"The Little Tea Book"
Arthur Gray

Famous quotes with Samovars

  • Tell mother that however dogs and samovars might behave themselves, winter comes after summer, old age after youth, and misfortune follows happiness (or the other way around). A person can not be healthy and cheerful throughout life. Losses lie waiting and man can not safeguard against death, even if he be Alexander of Macedonia. One must be prepared for anything and consider everything to be inevitably essential, as sad as that may be.
    Anton Chekhov

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