tableware

English

Etymology

From table +‎ -ware.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tableware (countable and uncountable, plural tablewares)

1. The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.
   • 2015 September 3, Christi Scott, “Tableware designed for Alzheimer’s patients”, in CNN‎:

     With years of research and observation under her belt, Yao set to work creating and perfecting Eatwell, an assistive tableware set designed specially for patients with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer’s.

   • 2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN‎:

     Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:tableware

Translations

cutlery, crockery and glassware

Bashkir: һауыт-һаба (hawıt-haba), ҡашығаяҡ (qaşığayaq) Bulgarian: сервиз (bg) m (serviz) (plates, crockery, glassware), прибори (bg) m pl (pribori) (cutlery) Chinese: Mandarin: 餐具 (zh) (cānjù), 食具 (zh) (shíjù) Finnish: astiat (fi) pl, astiasto (fi) French: vaisselle (fr) f, couvert (fr) m Galician: louza (gl) f, servizo de mesa m German: Geschirr (de) n, Essgeschirr (de) n Japanese: 食器 (ja) (しょっき, shokki) Komi-Permyak: доз (doz) Polish: zastawa (pl) f Portuguese: serviço de mesa m, utensílios de mesa m pl Russian: посу́да (ru) f (posúda) Slovene: posoda f Southern Altai: казан-айак (kazan-ayak) Spanish: vajilla (es) f, cubertería f Ukrainian: по́суд m pl (pósud)

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