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Tupperware

American

[tuhp-er-wair] / ˈtʌp ərˌwɛər /

Trademark.

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

Tupperware British

/ ˈtʌpəweə /

noun

a range of plastic containers used for storing food

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Tupperware

C20: Tupper , US manufacturing company + _ware ¹

Example Sentences

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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 • Nov. 28, 2025

Once unpacked from their toolboxes and Tupperware, the supplies lay like a potluck spread, free for the taking.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

There’s something about an icebox cake that feels like a relic from another life — one with hand-labeled Tupperware and block parties and the kind of ambition that fits in a 9×13.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

Instead, he advises people to get a glass or Tupperware to contain it.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

Lu's mom, who'd been talking to my mom, was now bopping over with a Tupperware full of orange slices.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

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