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kitchenware

American  
[kich-uhn-wair] / ˈkɪtʃ ənˌwɛər /

noun

  • kitchenwares
    plural
  1. cooking equipment or utensils.


kitchenware British  
/ ˈkɪtʃɪnˌwɛə /

noun

  1. pots and pans, knives, forks, spoons, and other utensils used in the kitchen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of kitchenware

First recorded in 1925–30; kitchen + ware 1


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Three times most days, groups of high-school juniors scrape, scrub and stow kitchenware and cutlery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Murrell - the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon - used the funds to buy goods ranging from cars and a motorhome to kitchenware and toiletries.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Dragon Glassware is a small kitchenware company that began in a garage in Sacramento in 2017.

From Salon ● May 27, 2026

Vinyl records, classic books, nostalgic toys, funky mugs, serving dishes and high-end kitchenware are all popular gifts sold at Goodwill stores, Crawley said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 19, 2025

When we left the kitchenware store, Dad asked, “What would you like to get your mother for Christmas?”

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Youn sells mostly kitchenwares and other novelties, including ceramic teapots made in Korea and bird boxes handcrafted in France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025

In the town of Dulkadiroglu, in the hard-hit province of Kahramanmaras, six workers who had returned to their metal workshop to retrieve kitchenwares were still inside when the quake hit, according to Haberturk.

From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Mickey Mouse paraphernalia will be sold in a temporary Disney Store on the ground floor and the mouse’s famous silhouette and gloves will be scattered throughout the floors of toys, books and kitchenwares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2017

Going into China, they take mostly local foodstuffs; returning, they bring Chinese machine tools and kitchenwares carried on their backs, the heavy packages balanced at either end of a bamboo pole.

From Time Magazine Archive

She’d seen this place before: dirty windows and flaking green door flanked by a candle-maker’s workshop on one side and a kitchenwares stall on the other.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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