as in setting
dishes used for eating or serving food or drink
received three sets of dinnerware as wedding gifts
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Recent Examples of dinnerware
Elegant table settings, dinnerware, serving pieces, and other objets d’art in the room represent the work of some of France’s most iconic artists and designers, including Christofle, Bernardaud, Hermes and others.
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to check out more Amazon deals on dinnerware, including one that’s exclusive to Prime members.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The mushroom risotto is rich and satisfying, and the beautiful, extravagant dinnerware adds to the restaurant’s glamorous feel.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Plus, this one coordinates with the rest of your leafy green dinnerware.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
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Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Keep scrolling to check out more Amazon deals on dinnerware, including one that’s exclusive to Prime members.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The mushroom risotto is rich and satisfying, and the beautiful, extravagant dinnerware adds to the restaurant’s glamorous feel.
—Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Plus, this one coordinates with the rest of your leafy green dinnerware.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinnerware
Noun
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That highlights the need for all road users to be prepared for different scenarios in unfamiliar settings.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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The viral TikTok video shows Lukman getting ready for work inside her pod, which is housed in a warehouse-style setting where each unit appears to contain only enough space for a mattress.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her new 6,500-square-foot flagship, opened this year, builds on that foundation with limited-edition collections, bridal wear, and tableware.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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There was the key deposit for her apartment to pay for, and the rental deposit, then the fridge, microwave, bed, furniture, pots and pans, and tableware.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Get the look of fine china with the durability of high-temperature porcelain.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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My china is also a pattern wherein every piece is a different floral.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
2 Sep. 2025
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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
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Freedom of Speech is far more American than a hundred-thousand-dollar-per-plate dinner at Mar-a-Lago or trips to Epstein Island or bullying a network into cancelling Steven Colbert or bragging about having extorted $16 million from a movie studio.—
Billy Ray,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lead stores energy in batteries, shields against radiation, gives glass crystal its brilliance, and makes paint more luminous and cars run more smoothly.—
Tom Frieden,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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Instead of pumping in conventional air conditioning, it was surrounded by proprietary glass panes filled with cooled water.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The skincare doyenne praised by such leading ladies as Jessica Alba, Kelly Rowland and Shay Mitchell, Shani Darden delivers taut, porcelain-like skin with her signature facial—a blend of light chemical peels, oxygen therapy, and microcurrent.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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Crandall and Rosser use Bar Keeper’s Friend to erase the residue causing it, plus scuffs and scratches, on stainless steel, porcelain, and even brass.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Under his watch, the house of Vuitton tapped designers such as Pierre-Émile Legrain, Camille Cless-Brothier and Gaston Le Bourgeois to design objects such as crystal and silver flacons, octagonal brushes and vanity mirrors.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Each comes with a sapphire crystal exhibition caseback engraved with the artists signatures.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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Near the burial, archaeologists also found Roman pottery kilns that showed the domestic and industrious side of Roman Leicester, according to the release.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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That would make the world's first wheel a pottery wheel.—
Loz Blain
September 23,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Dinnerware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinnerware. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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