metalware

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noun

Any wares made out of metal, such as pots and pans.

OriginMiddle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru →
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Meanings

nounmetalware (countable and uncountable, plural metalwares)

plural metalwares

  1. countableuncountableAny wares made out of metal, such as pots and pans.

Origin

  1. Latinmetallum
  2. Old Frenchmeta
  3. Middle Englishmetal
  4. Englishmetal
  5. Proto-Germanic*warō
  6. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  7. Old Englishwaru
  8. Middle Englishware
  9. Englishmetalware

From metal + -ware.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

watermeal
Cite this entry
APA

metalware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalware

MLA

“metalware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metalware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalware.

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