kitchenwaren.
/ˈkɪtʃ(ᵻ)nwɛː/, U.S. /ˈkɪtʃ(ə)nˌwɛ(ə)r/ Equipment or utensils used in preparing or eating food, as pans, dishes, knives, spoons, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun]
kitchenware1612
kitchen trade1693
batterie de cuisine1773
battery1819
kitchenry1845
mess kit1854
kitchenalia1924
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. v. sig. Fv Peuter, and Brasse, Andirons, and Kitchin ware, Mettalls, that we must vse our med'cine on.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 167 Some Kitchin-ware for ordering their Food.
1845 W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. ii Certain household stuff, crockery, plate and kitchen ware.
1930 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 29 Sept. in Hour of Gold (1973) 144 It is all so new to me and I have to buy blankets and sheets and towels and kitchenware etc.
2011 C. Moran How to be Woman (2012) x. 182 Spending £21,000 [on a wedding] to get £2,000's worth of kitchenware from John Lewis is poor economics, whichever way you slice it.
Compounds
As a modifier, with reference to the sale or manufacture of kitchenware, as kitchenware section, kitchenware store, etc.
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1865 Birmingham Daily Post 18 Dec. 6/3 The ironfounders have all hands well employed in the kitchenware branch, for export.
1920 E. Ferber Half Portions ii. 67 He took to haunting department store kitchenware sections.
2007 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 16 June (Mag. section) 12 The board retails for $169 and is available from kitchenware stores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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