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stemware

UK/ˈstɛm.wɛə(ɹ)/US/ˈstɛm(ˌ)wɛɚ/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,787 of 15,258neutral

Stemware is glasses with a foot and a stem. A set of stemware, fine stemware, wash the stemware by hand.

The stem exists so the hand does not warm the drink, and holding a wine glass by the bowl is what the shape is designed to prevent. It is an American word; Britain says wine glasses and gets on with it.

Chad K · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of stemware

  1. 1nounstemwareGlasses with a foot and a stem.C2

    “The restaurant replaced its chunky glasses with elegant stemware for serving wine.”

stemware is a glassware.

Where it comes from

  1. Middle English

    stemme

  2. English

    stem

  3. English, today

    stemware

From stem + -ware. stem comes from Middle English stemme. From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn (“stem”), from Proto-West Germanic stamni, from Proto-Germanic stamniz (“stem, tree stalk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- (“to stand, stay”). 2

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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stemware in the wild

  • The stemware is intended for cool beverages, like water or wine.

    Stemware

  • Most wine glasses are stemware (goblets), composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot.

    Wine glass

  • A champagne glass is stemware designed for champagne and other sparkling wines.

    Champagne glass

  • The company made bar goods, stemware, and novelties.

    Novelty Glass Company

  • Approximately 100 people were employed making drinking glasses and stemware.

    Novelty Glass Company

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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