flatware
utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
dishes or containers for the table that are more or less flat, as plates and saucers (distinguished from hollowware).
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How to use flatware in a sentence
In Dallas, they can’t put their hands on flatware, plates and napkins.
The cold truth about hot lunch: School meal programs are running out of food and workers | Laura Reiley | September 29, 2021 | Washington PostThe dishes and flatware store perfectly in the Hydro Flask Outdoor Tote and can handle the wear and tear of traveling into the countryside while looking as elegant as anything you have at home.
How to Eat More (and Better) Meals Outside This Summer | Outside Editors | May 19, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe launch includes plates, and lidded bowls as well as flatware and serveware—all that is easy to clean, insulated, and tough enough for any adventure.
The Best New Launches From Food52, Hydro Flask, and More | Daniel Modlin | May 7, 2021 | The Daily BeastRam now knows our order, that we will pick it up late and that we don’t want flatware or napkins.
The Pandemic Has Been Tough for Extroverts. Here's How I Managed to Make Friends Anyway | Belinda Luscombe | April 20, 2021 | TimeChina, porcelain and flatware will often have a stamp on their backs or bottoms.
Replacing pieces of flatware or china can be a challenge. Here’s how to track them down. | Laura Daily | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post
Melanie walked past the table that had been set for two with fancy china and flatware and out to the Truman Balcony.
Little of this, understandably, was likely to have been thrown away or lost, except for an occasional piece of flatware.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm WatkinsHe frequently decorated his flatware with a refined etching or gravure, his hollow ware with reeding.
Seaport in Virginia | Gay Montague MooreHis flatware is usually distinguished by a shell motif, and gadroon edges finish and decorate many of his pieces.
Seaport in Virginia | Gay Montague MooreShe loved the flatware—it always made her think of a wedding—sometimes of her own.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn WellsShe reveled in the white tiles, the white gloss paint, the eternal clearing-up and the clatter of flatware.
Ptomaine Street | Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for flatware
/ (ˈflætˌwɛə) /
cutlery
any relatively flat tableware such as plates, saucers, etc: Compare hollowware
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