place setting

Definition of place settingnext

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Recent Examples of place setting The dining tables were set with red roses, a perfect prop for a photo shoot, as Becky G discovered, as well as deep red candles and a poem by Chavarria himself at each place setting. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026 Then feathers started showing up in places where there were no birds or, at an outdoor dinner, landing on her place setting and no one else’s. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026 Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers. — Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026 Add Spode Christmas bread and butter plates to each place setting. — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for place setting
Noun
  • The university’s plans offer an opportunity to test electric personal aircraft in a professional setting.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Neutron star mergers and collapsing supermassive stars are both perfect settings for the r-process.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The same setup will also bring an influx of Pacific moisture to the Copper State, prompting a flood watch for most of Arizona.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Lee recruited a friend to help move the box to her bedroom, but the setup itself took less than 10 minutes.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Mario Prada sourced fine leathers, silver, silk and crystal from Europe and beyond and these are on public display in Milan for the first time.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The two are always dressed to balance each other onscreen, as in complementary lavender and yellow, or that aforementioned ball’s gold and silver.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/place%20setting. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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