noun
flatware
Flatware (noun) means Knives, forks and spoons used for eating.
noun
1
Knives, forks and spoons used for eating.
"Flatware should not be allowed to dry between presoaking and washing. It should be washed with the handles down and stored with the handles up."
— Benjamin W. Pearce, Senior Living Communities (2007)
"A girl without a nightgown or bathing suit. Who had never used two pieces of flatware to eat."
— Toni Morrison, Love (2003)
2
Plates and other crockery that is fairly flat.
"The artsy set can now go to a Made By You—one of those places where you pay six times more to decorate your own mugs and dishes than it would cost to buy flatware that other people have decorated"
— David Brooks, Bobos in Paradise (2000)
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What is the meaning of flatware?
"flatware" (noun) means knives, forks and spoons used for eating.
What is another word for flatware?
Other words for "flatware" include silver.
What are the different meanings of flatware?
"flatware" has 2 main meanings: 1. Knives, forks and spoons used for eating; 2. Plates and other crockery that is fairly flat.
