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SILVERWARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silverware mean?
• SILVERWARE (noun)
The noun SILVERWARE has 1 sense:
1. tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
Familiarity information: SILVERWARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("silverware" is a kind of...):
tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "silverware"):
flatware; silver (silverware eating utensils)
holloware; hollowware (silverware serving dishes)
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