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cutlery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | eating utensil |
| Type of | tableware |
| Has types | spoon, spork, table knife, fork |
cutlery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cutter, cutting tool |
| Type of | cutting implement |
| Has types | cigar cutter, die, edge tool, bolt cutter, glass cutter, tile cutter |
Examples of cutlery
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The building was built in 1906 as a warehouse for Keen Kutter tools and cutlery.
From the kansas.com
It's a fresh, wintry Sunday, and the sunlight glints on the cutlery and glasses.
From the newscientist.com
The challenge is trying to figure out whether to eat it in hand or with cutlery.
From the dispatch.com
The charge for a plate is 20 cents vs. $1, and cutlery is 10 cents vs. 90 cents.
From the usatoday.com
So angry he could barely speak, he banged cutlery and plates down on our table.
From the guardian.co.uk
In past years, the Redskins have discarded draft picks like used plastic cutlery.
From the inrich.com
There was cutlery, as well as waitresses doling out little containers of salad.
From the theatlantic.com
All the disposable plates cups and cutlery used at Glastonbury are compostable.
From the guardian.co.uk
No time for sit-down meals with cutlery when you've got big, noisy cars to see.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Cutter: a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- Cutlery refers to any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in the Western world. It is more usually known as silverware or flatware in the United States, where cutlery can have the more specific meaning of knives and other cutting instruments. ...
- A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons
- Knives with cutting edge, (e.g., dinner, dessert, carving knives).
- Hand held instruments which assist in the holding, cutting and eating of food.
- Includes knives but there is no association with 'cut,' rather being from Old French coutelier 'cutler's art' from coutel 'knife'
- Flatware; silverware. My Australian friends found it very odd that Americans think of cutlery as kitchen knives and other sharp blades, in a category separate from the common table settings of knives, forks, and spoons.
- Machine-made knives using less craftsmanship than forged cutlery. Usually does not include a metal bolster, and may also be referred to as "cold pressed" cutlery.
- For silverware or flatware.
