cutlery
Americannoun
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cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
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utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
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the trade or business of a cutler.
noun
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implements used for eating, such as knives, forks, and spoons
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instruments used for cutting
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the art or business of a cutler
Etymology
Origin of cutlery
1300–50; Middle English cutellerie < Middle French coutelerie; cutler, -y 3
Example Sentences
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Colin leaves to retrieve the scone, and I quickly run my hands along the bar, feeling for a piece of cutlery or any sort of lock-popping instrument.
From Literature
Karen became so worried about the water she would pack her own cutlery and water jug.
From BBC
If you do want to sell your silver items — whether it’s a set of cutlery you inherited from grandma or coins you collected long ago — what do you need to know?
From MarketWatch
If you do want to sell your silver items — whether it’s a set of cutlery you inherited from grandma or coins you collected long ago — what do you need to know?
From MarketWatch
With vivid details and a dose of British humor, Losada relays her failed attempt to have lunch at a Whole Foods store without using its disposable plastic cutlery.
From Los Angeles Times
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