From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsamovarsam‧o‧var /ˈsæməvɑː $ -vɑːr/ noun [countable] DFUa large metal container used in Russia to boil water for making tea
Examples from the Corpus
samovar• We finished with an ice-cream sweet and mugs of hot tea from the samovar on the table.• He forgot about the Opera House, the samovar, and home.Origin samovar (1800-1900) Russian samo- “self” + varit' “to boil” 