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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
Glass-front cabinet doors elegantly show off your favorite china sets and dinnerware, and keep them safe while not in use.
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
For ceramics, make your way to PK Studio, where Italian architect turned artist Roberto Paparcone crafts minimalist vases and dinnerware—and invites visitors to try their hand at the pottery wheel themselves.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
For ceramics, make your way to PK Studio, where Italian architect turned artist Roberto Paparcone crafts minimalist vases and dinnerware—and invites visitors to try their hand at the pottery wheel themselves.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinnerware
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On land, louder environments like running alongside traffic might compete a little too much with talking audio – noise-canceling earbuds or over-ear headphones are better in this setting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the forest and other natural settings, termites are beneficial insects that recycle woody debris, such as dead trees, and return nutrients to the soil.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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These three picks just scratch the surface of on-sale fall tableware and decor, so make sure to keep scrolling to shop more autumnal finds at Pottery Barn.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Cabana designs an in-house collection of tableware and home accessories, and is also a serial collaborator.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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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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But the glaciers don’t stop at the shoreline; instead, colossal floating plates of ice hundreds of meters thick extend over the sea.—
Evan Howell,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Oct. 2025
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My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead of applying excessive pressure and using a circular motion to avoid streaks, Riding recommends wiping the glass in long vertical and horizontal strokes.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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Zoogoers at the San Diego Zoo witnessed the startling moment a gorilla ran up against a glass viewing platform and broke it.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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The residential-style rooms are elegant and comfortable thanks to Swedish Duxiana beds, Byredo shower amenities, and oversized soaking tubs in porcelain bathrooms.—
Sara Liss,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Oct. 2025
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Dessert trays of Stella-logoed vanilla shortbread, panna cotta layered with mango and passionfruit, and coffee-chocolate mousse in porcelain cups proved irresistible.—
Sasha Pinto,
Vogue,
6 Oct. 2025
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Boissevain’s nature photography captures these in-transition landscapes in vivid hues and alien geometries, from close-ups of jellyfish-like crystal deposits to aerial shots of what scans like the surface of Mars.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Candice Swanepoel brought a clean, crystal-forward finish to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show after party in New York on Wednesday night.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Your next destination is high atop a mountain to the north, but take a detour first into the adjacent port town of Sollér, known for its pottery and handmade textiles.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Among the most notable finds are hundreds of coins bearing Cleopatra’s image, pottery dating back to her reign, and a bust believed to represent her father.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Dinnerware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinnerware. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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