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place setting


place setting

noun

Definition of PLACE SETTING

: a set of dishes and flatware constituting a table service for one person
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Examples of PLACE SETTING

  1. Please lay another place setting for our guest.

First Known Use of PLACE SETTING

1944

Rhymes with PLACE SETTING

bed-wetting, besetting, bloodletting, filmsetting, go-getting, jet-setting, trendsetting, typesetting, wire netting

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