place setting
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3.2
- noun
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cubierto
- Before the guests arrived, she carefully arranged a place setting for each person around the table.
And then what I'm doing is I we have the individual glasses and I am like hand tying bows around each place setting.
- And then what I'm doing is I we have the individual glasses and I am like hand tying bows around each place setting.
Examples
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Daniel, looking scrubbed, sat down at the table, frowning as he regarded the two place settings.
Fiction book (1997) -
An elegant formal place setting complete with a myriad of different-sized forks, spoons, stacked china plates, and crystal glassware.
Fiction book (1990) -
I will get you a place setting.
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Oh, we're gonna need another place setting.
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A place setting for your mother while she and I have a little talk.
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On the table are place settings, white wine, and glasses.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sid, I will need place settings for 10!
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Everyone looked down at their place settings and toyed with their flatware.
Fiction book (1992) -
Basil regarded the silver at his place setting with dismay.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the dining table, she's got the most elaborate place settings I've ever seen at the home of a peer.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
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3.2
A set of plates, cups, and cutlery for one person
How Formal
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1.8
11
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'place' (a person’s seat or position at the table) + 'setting' (an arrangement of tableware), so together they denote the tableware arranged for one person. This is a common noun+noun compound in English (and has clear parallels in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Place setting paints a simple picture: the place at the table and the setting of things, like a plate, fork, knife and cup, put there for one person. So it means 'a set of tableware' for one person's spot at a meal.