flatware
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flatware (countable and uncountable, plural flatwares)
- (US) Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.
- 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 75:
- A girl without a nightgown or bathing suit. Who had never used two pieces of flatware to eat.
- plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery.
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- See also Thesaurus:cutlery