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Definition of Samovar
1. Noun. A metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea.
Definition of Samovar
1. n. A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
Definition of Samovar
1. Noun. a metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil. It is a common misconception that tea is boiled in the samovar. This is not the case. The samovar merely boils the water, which is drawn off via the spigot into a separate teapot in which the tea is allowed to steep. ¹
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Definition of Samovar
1. a metal urn for heating water [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samovar
Literary usage of Samovar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire: Adventures of Two Youths in a by Thomas Wallace Knox (1887)
"On each table was a steaming samovar to supply boiling water to the ... The boys
had seen the samovar at railway-stations and other places since their ..."
2. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"THE samovar 'T is pleasant, having strayed abroad, to find a familiar picture of
native customs, homelike bread-and-salt, a hospitable roof, a retreat, ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... because the ' samovar, the peasant's shoes, and the knout, our most im- '
portant productions, were not even invented by ourselves. ..."
4. China, the Long-lived Empire by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1900)
"... the miscellaneous company of men and ponies when they left the train—a heelless.
collarless, pocketless lot of soft-shod warriors. A MANCHURIAN samovar ..."
5. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"... in Tiflis—Travelling by troika—Description of vehicle—Easterly plains—Camel
trains—Wild pigeons— Post-houses—samovar and tea-drinking—' Across country ..."
6. The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire: Adventures of Two Youths in a by Thomas Wallace Knox (1887)
"On each table was a steaming samovar to supply boiling water to the ... The boys
had seen the samovar at railway-stations and other places since their ..."
7. Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Leo Wiener (1903)
"THE samovar 'T is pleasant, having strayed abroad, to find a familiar picture of
native customs, homelike bread-and-salt, a hospitable roof, a retreat, ..."
8. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"... because the ' samovar, the peasant's shoes, and the knout, our most im- '
portant productions, were not even invented by ourselves. ..."
9. China, the Long-lived Empire by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1900)
"... the miscellaneous company of men and ponies when they left the train—a heelless.
collarless, pocketless lot of soft-shod warriors. A MANCHURIAN samovar ..."
10. The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years by Edmund O'Donovan (1882)
"... in Tiflis—Travelling by troika—Description of vehicle—Easterly plains—Camel
trains—Wild pigeons— Post-houses—samovar and tea-drinking—' Across country ..."
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