单词 | pot holder |
释义 | > as lemmaspot holder pot holder n. originally U.S. a protective pad, typically of thick or quilted fabric, used to handle hot cooking implements. ΚΠ 1888 Harper's Mag. Mar. 550/2 The protuberance of his stomach, where the grimy apron was stuffed out with the dish-towel, pot-holder, red handkerchief, etc. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 46/2 You can have..table coverings of several sizes, chair seats, pot holder sets—all in the same pattern and color. 2004 D. M. Davidson Double Shot vii. 68 A pot holder had slipped, and I'd inadvertently grabbed the copper side of a hot tarte tatin mold. < as lemmas |
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