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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The dishes, glassware, and silverware used in setting a table for a meal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ware for use at table; the articles collectively which may be put upon the table for the service of meats.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Ware, or articles collectively, for use during meals, including, for example, dishes, plates, bowls, knives, forks, and spoons.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

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Examples

  • Customers can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu — for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at a cost of USD 45.

    Sarah’s Smash Shack Red 2008

  • Customers can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu — for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at a cost of USD 45.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Red 2008

  • Massachusetts-based Recycline makers of the popular Preserve line of recycled toothbrushes, razors and tableware is one of twenty small businesses left in the Forbes. com "Boost Your Business" contest.

    16 posts from August 2007 2007

  • (Psst: The company often produces private-label tableware for these stores).

    SFGate: Top News Stories Sally Socolich 2010

  • Its customers include national specialty stores, gift stores and department stores - and it often produces private label tableware for clients.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2009

  • Clearly the high-end goods are not the kind of tableware normally found in a ship going to war.

    Quality Cargo 2001

  • Google can't reach keywords "tableware" from the cache.

    Digital Point Forums lewing 2009

  • She needs the money to buy products such as tableware, creams, perfumes, sandals, and ornaments since in the month of May Mother's Day is celebrated in our country and her clients already have already placed some orders ..

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • (Clarence Manion - an eye for interesting "tableware"

    Crooks and Liars 2010

  • It has thrown up the largest collection of high-quality stamped tableware, glass beads, semi-precious stones, amphora shreds, a canoe and what seems to be a pier.

    Kerala: Gateway Of India 2011

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