cutlery
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈkʌtləri/
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cubiertos
- Oh, honey, can you bring me the cutlery, please, babe?
But he's so cheap that he took the dead guy's couch, his chairs, his cutlery, even the dead guy's bed.
- But he's so cheap that he took the dead guy's couch, his chairs, his cutlery, even the dead guy's bed.
- Oh no, I forgot I have to Google the proper cutlery order.
- I thought, you know what, I'm going to buy some more because I don't often see cutlery that I really like.
- So this is the first item of what's it called, cutlery kitchen utensil.
- I didn't have to switch cutlery during my meal.
- I'm writing down like, what cutlery they're using, what kind of lighting is it dim?
- But honestly, excess plates, cups, cutlery?
- But even like little things like cutlery, it wasn't allowed to be near other people's cutlery, to have all my own stuff.
- Next thing you know, it makes sense to go into a house and steal VCRS and you know, jewelry, cutlery, anything that you can sell at a pawn shop.
- So they got knives from cutlery from the girls in the hot dogs and selling teas and that and they just boom, boom.
- Oh yeah, a bow like tied around the cutlery, like a present on one side bow tied around the glass with like really long.
Examples
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At the picnic, we packed our plates, drinks, and cutlery for a lovely lunch.
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Do you have the cutlery?
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In this drawer we have our cutlery and just all of our other kitchen tools.
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We've got every dinner set and bit of cutlery known to man.
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In San Francisco, I recommend Columbus Cutlery, a small shop packed with cutlery.
Blog text (34) -
I had packed up our cutlery and dishes, and I had been getting takeout every night.
Fiction book (2002) -
The table was laid with silver cutlery and Waterford crystal, a set Bobbie recognized from several previous quests.
Fiction book (1996) -
Come on through. Honora and Pauline hurriedly work together, setting out plates and cutlery.
Fiction book (1994) -
The restaurant offered elegant cutlery that added a touch of class to the dining experience.
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Make sure to set the table with clean cutlery before the guests arrive.
Synonyms
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1.1
Things like knives, forks, and spoons used for eating and serving food
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1.4
Knives, forks, and spoons used for eating, often made of a shiny white metal
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2.6
Knives, forks, and spoons you use for eating
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1.0
A tool like a fork, knife or spoon that you use to cut and eat food
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Etymology
Cutlery comes from an old word for 'knife' (Old French coutel) and is related to English cut. So it first meant tools for cutting food and then became the name for all the eating tools like knives, forks and spoons.