单词 | flatware |
释义 | flatwaren. As a mass noun. 1. Relatively flat items of crockery such as plates, saucers, platters, etc.Often contrasted with hollow-ware (see hollow-ware n.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > other tableware or items for table pewter1426 warnera1552 nef1567 pewtery1645 hollow-ware1682 equipage1683 flatware1686 napkin ring1686 pewterware1738 egg cup1773 dish-rim1774 butter cooler1784 dish-cross1785 argyll1789 toast-rack1801 centrepiece1836 table centrepiece1850 silverware1862 doily1864 table centre1865 potato ring1888 egg-cosy1894 sandwich flag1907 cheese board1916 Lazy Susan1917 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 123 When the Potter has wrought the clay either into hollow or flat ware, they are set abroad to dry..turning them as they see occasion, which they call whaving. 1789 Rep. Petition Proprietors Arrigna Iron Works in Jrnls. House of Commons Irel. (?1797) 13 App. p. ccxvii/1 He cast some Part of the Metal in flat Ware, and also in hollow Ware. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 719/1 Plates, dishes, saucers, &c., termed ‘flat ware’, are made from moulds which form the inside of the article, the exterior being given by ‘profiles’ of the required outline, made of fired clay, glazed. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §105 Jigger, jiggerer, makes flat-ware such as plates, saucers. 2014 Age (Melbourne, Austral.) (Nexis) 2 Dec. 14 Gorgeous hand-made, bespoke porcelain flatware. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. Utensils used for eating and for serving food, such as knives, forks, spoons, etc.; cutlery.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery cutlery1624 knife and fork1727 flatware1874 iron1905 1874 Iowa State Reporter 16 Dec. 4/5 (advt.) We sell Rogers & Bro's Forks, Spoons and Flat Ware of all kinds. 1893 Jeweler's Circular 1 Nov. 20/3 The magnificent sterling silver flatware service. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 63/1 The plastic handles of the flatware. 1988 M. Stewart Quick Cook Menus ii. 155 (caption) The yellow china..is set on an ivory damask table runner with ivory-handled flatware. 2016 M. Weiss & L. Levine Wedding Bk. (rev. ed.) 168/1 With flatware, the feel is just as important as the look. Pick out flatware in person to make sure you find the size and weight pleasing to handle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.1686 |
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