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flatware

[ flat-wair ]

noun

  1. utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
  2. dishes or containers for the table that are more or less flat, as plates and saucers ( hollowware ).


flatware

/ ˈڱæˌɛə /

noun

  1. cutlery
  2. any relatively flat tableware such as plates, saucers, etc Compare hollowware
“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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flatware1

First recorded in 1850–55; flat 1 + ware 1
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When the dishwashing machine finishes, the pans, plates, glasses and flatware are especially hot.

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She sold flatware, stemware and linens, setting the pieces out on antique furniture — marble topped butcher tables, rattan settees, Art Deco bars — which, because customers asked, she began to sell too.

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Its website and social media are packed with tutorials for turning leftover jars into spice containers, holiday decorations and flatware holders.

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Yet if you peer beyond the bowl of bananas and crooning stereo, you would find a drawer of flatware.

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Off Alley’s tiny Columbia City space is basically a hallway with a dozen seats down one side — the place settings are laid with mismatched antique flatware, the menu scrawled on a chalkboard.

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