potholder
Americannoun
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I dipped them in the hardening brown goo with the scalding pan resting on a flowery potholder, one at a time, singeing my fingertips and waving my hand in pain.
From Salon • Dec. 4, 2022
The Ojai artist weaves each 6-by-6-inch potholder by hand as a “form of embodied meditation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021
One of my friends is sewing medical masks, using the loops from a child’s potholder weaving kit for the earpieces.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020
This year the roommates have scored eyedrops, a few jugs of coffee, laundry detergent, a sofa and a potholder set.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2016
With the potholder, remove the pan and add one layer of popcorn kernels.
From Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 by Wilson, Eric B.
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