"flatware" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flatware.wav Forms: flatwares [plural]
Etymology: From flat + -ware. Etymology templates: {{af|en|flat|-ware|id2=substance, kind, or use}} flat + -ware Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flatware (countable and uncountable, plural flatwares)
  1. (US) Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons. Tags: US, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flatware-en-noun-iNAvL4pn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ware (substance, kind, or use), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ware (substance, kind, or use): 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-flatware-en-noun-C37qsZXd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: hollowware

Inflected forms

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