Associations to the word «Samovar»

Wiktionary

SAMOVAR, 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.

Dictionary definition

SAMOVAR, noun. A metal urn with a spigot at the base; used in Russia to boil water for tea.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats