Tupperware

American  

[tuhp-er-wair] / ˈtʌp ərˌwɛər /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for plastic containers, used especially for food preparation and storage.

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Tupperware British  

/ ˈtʌpəweə /

noun

1. a range of plastic containers used for storing food

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Etymology

Origin of Tupperware

C20: Tupper , US manufacturing company + _ware ¹

Example Sentences

It arrives on your table like a relic from another life—hand-labeled Tupperware, chipped floral plates, backyard block parties—but somehow manages to feel both nostalgic and slightly scandalous.

From Salon

Then Tyler walks up, chewing, holding a Tupperware full of what I can only assume is his mom’s stew.

From Literature

Big food companies like General Mills and Conagra say economic pressures have more people cooking from scratch, and scraping their plates into Tupperware containers.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the rest of the documentary is a flip-book of ’70s televised pop-cultural ephemera: car ads; Billy Graham; Vietnam battles; Mary Tyler Moore; the Attica prison revolt; Tupperware; the bank robbery that inspired “Dog Day Afternoon”; George Wallace; Umbertos Clam House, cordoned off with police tape after the murder of mobster Joey Gallo.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s remained on top as technology like foam injected composite rackets has lifted pickleball from Tupperware flurries to intense athletic slugfests.

From The Wall Street Journal