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Definition of Potholder
1. Noun. An insulated pad for holding hot pots.
Definition of Potholder
1. Noun. An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Potholder
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potholder
Literary usage of Potholder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Energy: Light, Heat & Sound by Don Robison, Jo Ellen Moor (1998)
"Hold the knitting needle with a potholder. 3. Put the other end of the needle in
a candle flame. Ask students to predict what will happen. 4. ..."
2. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"... potholder and learn another new stitch ? Holders are very useful to the
housekeeper. Mrs. Stark has a bag with pockets hanging near the kitchen stove ..."
3. Read and Understand Science: Grades 3-4 by Martha Cheney (2002)
"... powder 6. furnace Page 79 12. slope A potholder is used to hold hot dishes.
It prevents the heat from the dish from moving to your hand and burning you. ..."
4. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"He supported that with two hands, one with a potholder on the bottom, and as he
poured its steaming contents into her mug, a cold sweat began to pearl ..."
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