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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 century
Familiarity information: TOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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