copperware

6.2

Items made of copper, often kitchen or decorative pieces

noun
/ˈkɑːpərˌwɛr/

: utensilios de cobre

The chef prepared a delicious meal using beautiful copperware for cooking.

Examples

Especially popular are Sultanic ceremonial copperware and reproductions of domestic objects.

Academic text (2009)
Second to rug-making, the city's principal product is copperware.

Blog text (6)
She displayed her collection of antique copperware on the kitchen shelves.
They purchased new copperware for their upcoming dinner party.

Synonyms

cookware

vscopperware

10 1.1

Things like pots and pans that you use to cook food

is made wholly or partly from a reddish metal and may be decorative

kitchenware

vscopperware

4 1.8

Items used in a kitchen for cooking or serving food, like pans and plates

is made wholly or partly from a reddish metal rather than any material

housewares

vscopperware

1 1.6

Things you use in the home for cooking and cleaning like pots and pans

is focused on items made from one metal rather than general home goods

metalware

vscopperware

1 5.0

Metal items used in the home, like forks or trays

is made of a particular metal rather than metal in general

How Durable

steel

23 3.7

cast iron

Specialized

12 3.7

ironware

5.6

copperware

6.2

tinware

Archaic

6.5

Surface Forms

copperware singular

copperwares plural

Morphology

copperware = copper + ware (transparent) = copper + ware

The meaning is directly the combination of 'copper' (the metal) + 'ware' (articles/goods), so learners can derive it readily.

Etymology

Copperware combines copper, the metal named after the island 'Cyprus', and ware, a word for 'goods' or home items like tableware. So copperware simply means 'goods' or kitchen and decorative items made of copper, which helps explain why the word refers to pots, pans, and similar objects.