potholder

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noun

An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

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Meanings

nounpotholder (plural potholders)

plural potholders · alternative pot-holder · alternative pot holder

  1. An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

Origin

From pot + holder.

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Translations

Catalan agafador
  • agafadorinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Dutch pannenlap
  • pannenlapinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Finnish patalappu, pannulappu
  • patalappuinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
  • pannulappuinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
French manique, menotte
  • maniqueinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
  • menotteinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
German Topflappen
  • Topflappeninsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Italian presina
  • presinainsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Polish łapka kuchenna
  • łapka kuchennainsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Russian прихва́тка
  • прихва́тка (prixvátka)insulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Spanish agarradera, agarraollas
  • agarraderainsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
  • agarraollasinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
Swedish grytlapp, pannlapp
  • grytlappinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils
  • pannlappinsulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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