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dinnerware

dinnerware

5 2.7
Items like plates and bowls for serving and eating food at a meal
  • noun
  • /ˈdɪnərˌwɛr/
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  • We set the table with elegant dinnerware for the special occasion.
  • dinnerware set
  • porcelain dinnerware
  • handmade dinnerware

Examples

  • This sort of dinnerware collection features luminous colors, and it's truly hand-painted.

    Blog text (22)
  • My dinnerware has poinsettias on it to match my dinner glasses.

    Blog text (17)
  • I got the wrong dinnerware.

  • Also, should one get rid of plates and dinnerware?

    Blog text (3)
  • Plates and dinnerware can be washed.

    Blog text (3)
  • I would like to say a few words about dinnerware and cutlery...

  • We ate on hand-painted china, used sterling silver dinnerware, and had our food served on sterling silver platters.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • All the dinnerware; plates, cups, utensils, napkins, and such are all laid out to perfection.

    Blog text (4)
  • Behind the leaded-glass cabinet doors of an antique sideboard, stacks of Wedgewood dinnerware gleamed.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Soiree dinnerware is on sale at 20 percent off this week at Kitchen Pantry & Parlor," Freeman said, already making his way into the kitchen to retrieve another bowl of oatmeal and a mop.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

crockery
vsdinnerware
  • UK
6 3.5

Plates, cups, and dishes used for serving or eating food

covers such items regardless of their material or ceramic style
dinner service
vsdinnerware
5 2.9

A matching set of plates, knives, and sometimes glasses that you use to serve a formal meal

means the eating and serving items but not necessarily a formal matched set
tableware
vsdinnerware
2 2.7

Plates, glasses, and cutlery used for serving and eating food at a table

emphasizes plates bowls and serving items rather than utensils or glasses
dishware
vsdinnerware
  • US
1 2.8

Plates, bowls, and cups used for serving and eating food

focuses on plates dishes and bowls used at a meal not all table items
table service
vsdinnerware
  • UK
1 3.1

A set of matching dishes and utensils used at the dining table

refers to those items individually rather than as a complete set
dinner set
vsdinnerware
1 1.3

A matching set of plates, bowls, and cups for serving dinner

describes similar items without implying they form a matched set

How Fancy

china
76 3.6
dinnerware
5 2.7
paper plate
10 1.0

Surface Forms

dinnerware singular
dinnerwares plural

Morphology

dinnerware = dinner + ware (transparent) = dinner + ware

A straightforward compound: items ('ware') associated with or used for dinner, so meaning is directly recoverable from the parts.

Etymology

Dinnerware is a simple compound: dinner means 'the main meal' and ware means 'things' or 'goods', as in tableware or glassware. So, dinnerware means the plates, bowls and other items you use to serve and eat a meal.