potholder
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- noun
- /ˈpɔːtˌhoʊldər/
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agarradera
- My kids have been making potholders this past week in those looms too!
- use a potholder
- make potholders
And he, I start, the first thing I got was a little loom, a little potholder loom like every kid gets.
- And he, I start, the first thing I got was a little loom, a little potholder loom like every kid gets.
Examples
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I can even recall the little yellow flowers on the potholder I had to use for the icebox doors so I could reach in and get the milk for my cornflakes.
Fiction book (1991) -
I got wedding gifts from my side of the family: a rainbow array of potholders, a fluffy towel set, a million cashews.
Fiction book (1997) -
And she did lift up the bacon without a potholder.
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The woman is examining a potholder in the light of the streetlamp.
Fiction book (1990) -
I bought some potholders crocheted by his wife.
Blog text (9) -
She had bright blue potholder mitts over both hands.
Fiction book (1994) -
I picked up each potato, held it in a potholder-covered hand, and used a paring knife to coax off the rest of the skins.
Blog text (24) -
Roberta's cooking dinner; she grabs a potholder and checks on a bubbling lasagna in the oven.
Fiction book (1999) -
And there Dottie would be, on her porch, in a frumpy dress, playing still with the yarn loops of her potholder maker, singing to herself.
Fiction book (1993) -
Roberta's cooking dinner; she grabs a potholder and checks on a bubbling lasagna in the oven.
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Etymology
The word potholder comes from the simple parts pot and holder, literally 'something that holds a pot'. It is a thick pad you use to hold hot pots or pans so you do not burn your hands.