flatware
pronunciation
How to pronounce flatware in British English:
UK [ˈflætweə(r)]
How to pronounce flatware in American English:
US [ˈflætwer]
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- Noun:
- tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece
- silverware eating utensils
Word Origin
- flatware (n.)
- 1851, from flat (adj.), which was used from late 14c. of plates, dishes, saucers in a sense "shallow; smooth-surfaced" + ware (n.). Originally as distinguished from hollow ware; U.S. sense of "domestic cutlery" recorded by 1895.
Example
- 1. Getting out grandma 's good flatware for the holidays ?
- 2. Paul revere , in fact , was a flatware craftsman .
- 3. Spoons and forks , the metal flatware that everyone uses , are no longer made in the united states .
- 4. Losing an industry or ceasing to manufacture a particular product , in this case stainless steel flatware , has indeed become a fairly frequent event .
- 5. For the contemporary eater , brillat-savarin 's words might come to mind when looking at some flatware patterns from the late 18th or early 19th centuries .