cutlery

[ kuht-luh-ree ]

/ ˈkʌt lə ri /

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noun

cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.

utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.

the trade or business of a cutler.

Words nearby cutlery

cutisector, cutlass, cutlass fish, cutlassfish, cutler, cutlery, cutlet, cutline, cutlips minnow, cutoff, cutout

Origin of cutlery

1300–50; Middle English cutellerie < Middle French coutelerie; see cutler, -y³

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Examples from the Web for cutlery

He then turns his attention to the silverware and cutlery before him.
Contemporary One-Act Plays|Sir James M. Barrie
Bed and table linen, cutlery, and a few of the more personal furnishings the student brings himself.
An American at Oxford|John Corbin
The frauds committed in the tanning of skins, and in the manufacture of cutlery and jewelry, exceed belief.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons|Fredrick Accum
The more delicate kinds of cutlery were either made in the capital or brought from the Continent.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

Cutlery and tools were the great features, but later there grew up a special branch known as "steel toys."
Chats on Old Sheffield Plate|Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for cutlery

cutlery

/ (ˈkʌtlərɪ) /

noun

implements used for eating, such as knives, forks, and spoons

instruments used for cutting

the art or business of a cutler

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cutlery

noun

Words related to cutlery

Words nearby cutlery

Origin of cutlery

Examples from the Web for cutlery

British Dictionary definitions for cutlery

noun