flatware
noun
flat·ware
ˈflat-ˌwer 
: relatively flat tableware
especially
: eating and serving utensils (such as knives, forks, and spoons) compare hollowware
Examples of flatware in a Sentence
asked for inexpensive stemware and flatware for their wedding
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Designer Preston Bailey set the tables in cream and gold, from linens and china to flatware.
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
In the case of flatware, the analogous dish might be ice cream alone, where the fork would be superfluous.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
Should there still be plates and flatware at their spot, or only glasses?
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Save a whopping 62 percent on this 65-piece set of flatware from Mikasa, and Malacasa’s white porcelain plate and bowl grouping that serves six people is now $88 for a total of 24 pieces.
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Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
In the case of flatware, the analogous dish might be ice cream alone, where the fork would be superfluous.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
Should there still be plates and flatware at their spot, or only glasses?
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
Save a whopping 62 percent on this 65-piece set of flatware from Mikasa, and Malacasa’s white porcelain plate and bowl grouping that serves six people is now $88 for a total of 24 pieces.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for flatware
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“Flatware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flatware. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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flatware
noun
flat·ware
ˈflat-ˌwa(ə)r
-ˌwe(ə)r
: eating and serving utensils (as forks, spoons, and knives)
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