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TOLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tole mean? 

TOLE (noun)
  The noun TOLE has 1 sense:

1. enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th centuryplay

  Familiarity information: TOLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing

Hypernyms ("tole" is a kind of...):

metalware (household articles made of metal (especially for use at table))


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