tableware

Everyday

Tableware is all the things used for serving and eating a meal at a table: plates, bowls, cups, glasses, knives, forks and spoons. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and shops, «tableware» appears in kitchen departments. In design and technology or history lessons, pupils look at tableware from different times, like Roman pottery or Victorian china. In helping at home, children set the table with tableware. Phrases: «plastic tableware», «party tableware», «fine tableware».

Examples

• The shop sells pretty tableware. tree →
• We used paper tableware at the picnic. tree →
• Roman tableware was found in the field. tree →
• Please put the tableware in the dishwasher. tree →
• The party tableware had dinosaurs on it. tree →
• Grandma keeps her best tableware for Christmas. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «some tableware», not «tablewares». Close words: «crockery» (plates, cups, bowls), «cutlery» (UK) or «silverware» (USA) for knives, forks and spoons.