# sinkware
## English
### Etymology

From sink +‎ -ware.

### Noun

sinkware (uncountable)
* Items used with a sink, such as drainers, mats, faucets, and soap dishes.
** 1959 December 31, “How to reach more customers with your advertising”, in Hardware Age, volume 184, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Company, page 55, column 2:At the same time, suggest related items when mentioning canister sets, bathroom scales and sinkware.
** 1973 September 23, Independent Press-Telegram, volume 22, number 7, Long Beach, Calif., Sears advertising supplement, page 6:SAVE 50% Sears Quality Colored Sinkware / $3.29 Dish Drainer. […] $2.79 Dish Drainer […] $2.98 Drainboard Tray. […] $1.98 Dish Pan. […] $1.49 Sink Mat […] $1.49 Sink Guard
** 1976 April, “7 years of daily use and still going strong”, in Home Center Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Vance Publishing Corp., page 69:You see, besides being colorful, practical and good protection for both your sink and your dishes, Rubbermaid sinkware is sturdy and durable. And in the long run, that makes it the best buy as well as the best sinkware.
** 1996, Arsen J. Darnay, editor, Manufacturing USA: Industry Analyses, Statistics, and Leading Companies, 5th edition, volume 1, Gale Research Inc., →ISBN, page 1007:[Product or Product Class] Plastics sinkware (flatware or dish drainers, drainer trays and mats, sink mats, sink strainers, dustpans, soapdishes, etc.) (except foam and wire coated) | [% Share] 0.88
** 2006, Miami & the Florida Keys, London: Time Out Guides Limited, →ISBN, page 152:Everything is sleek, including the utensils and sinkware.
** 2012 November 26, “Where to log on for Cyber Monday savings”, in Metro, page 23:Casa.com, a new site by the people behind Diapers.com and Soap.com, is offering deals on items for every room in the house, like 25 percent off when you spend $50 or more on bakeware and 50 percent off one item when you buy three or more items in sinkware and accessories.
* Sinks collectively.
** 1970 July 31, “Construction Of Complex Underway In Somerset Co.”, in The Cumberland News, volume 33, number 251, Cumberland, Md., page 12, column 3:Refrigerator and stainless steel sinkware included in the kitchen.
** 1998, Hoover’s Masterlist of Major International Companies, 1998-1999, Austin, Tex.: Hoover’s Business Press, →ISBN, page 93:Emco’s building products include shingles, felt, and ceiling tiles for the construction industry, along with metal sinkware and specialty stainless-steel items for the institutional food service market.
** 2000, Chicago/Midwest Design Index, Des Plaines, Ill.: The Ashley Group, →ISBN, page 236:Manufacturing specialists of stainless steel, and colored sinkware. The Kindred spirit shines, in over 100 models for residential and commercial applications.Followed by images of various models of sinks.
** 2009, Shannon Teahen, “The Successful Businessman”, in Robbert Hartog: A Lifetime of Changing Lives, Waterloo, Ont.: University of Waterloo, →ISBN, page 37:“I believe at the time of the merger Kindred had 60 per cent of the stainless steel sinkware market in Canada and Wallaceburg/Galt had 32 per cent of the two-handle faucet business in Canada,” said Jim [Forgie].
** 2009, The Far East and Australasia 2009, 40th edition, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 880:[…] mfr and distributor with operations in concrete, steel, fibreglass insulation, aluminium extrusion, roofing, access flooring systems, sinkware, laminates and panels; […]

### Anagrams

* rankwise, swankier