Synonyms for cutlery
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Noun
1. Flatware — eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons
flatware US, silverware US
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Definitions
- n. 1
Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.
Related words
- Word family
- cutleryware cutlass cutler
Forms
- Plural
- cutleries → flatwares, silverwares, knives, cutters…
Example sentences
- knife The knife we used to cut the bread with was sharp.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| cutlery | rising | |
| knife | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- knife1
- 6 letters
- cutter2
- 8 letters
- flatware2
- 10 letters
- silverware3
- 11 letters
- cutleryware
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cutter2 = 2 syllables).