: a set of dishes and flatware constituting a table service for one person
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Please lay another place setting for our guest.
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Tie the table together with a small evergreen sprig at each place setting.—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025 For the past 20 years, Larry Paynter, founder of The Coachman Restaurant and Lounge in Plainfield has set up The Missing Man Table each Veterans Day with each branch of the U.S. military represented with a hat and place setting.—Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025 Each place setting had its own unique set of china, each complementing the other but as different as the guest it was intended for.—Emily Strohm, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 Now, a six-piece place setting comprising plates, bowl, and cup is being sold for, what feels like, an attainable $219.—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting
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