tableware

ta·ble·ware  (tbl-wâr)

n.

The dishes, glassware, and silverware used in setting a table for a meal.

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Tableware the articles used at meals, as dishes, plates, knives, forks, etc., 1832.

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Noun

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tableware - articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware) chopstick - one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with crockery, dishware - tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively eating utensil, cutlery - tableware implements for cutting and eating food dinnerware - the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal flatware - tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece glassware, glasswork - an article of tableware made of glass gold plate - tableware that is plated with gold table service, service - tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table silver plate - tableware that is plated with silver silverware - tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel table - a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs; "it was a sturdy table" tea service, tea set - a set of china or silverware for serving tea ware - articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'