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noun

the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.

a single group of such dishes or eating utensils sold as a unit.

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Origin of place setting

First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use place setting in a sentence

The world that Black Dynamite lives in is not the most PC place to be in.
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“This is the only place in the souk you can buy safety pins,” he said.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He hasn't bothered to visit Iguala, the place where the students were abducted and killed.
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A place that has multiplied success for generation after generation of its children.
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This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
He looked strangely out of place in the dusty combat uniform.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
The associations of place recall her strange interview with Mr. Longcluse but a few months before.
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As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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British Dictionary definitions for place setting

place setting

noun

the set of items of cutlery, crockery, and glassware laid for one person at a dining table

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place setting

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