"mealware" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From meal + -ware.",
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          "ref": "1970, John Jakes, Six-Gun Planet, Warner Books, published 1978, page 25",
          "text": "The waitress started to remove the mealware.",
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        {
          "ref": "1982, Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners, Atheneum, page 242",
          "text": "The slender man hoisted the mealware from the coals and set it to the ground. “Food,” said Karlsson.",
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Chodo Cross, transl., Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, book 1, Dogen Sangha, published 2006, page 117",
          "text": "When lay people go to a place of [practicing] the truth, they should be equipped with the three Dharma-robes, a willow twig, rinsing water, mealware, and a sitting cloth; […]",
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Christopher Metzger, Silent Rebellion, Writers Club Press, page 189",
          "text": "After Shorty set the items on the ground, he reached for the metal sliding door to retrieve the previous day’s mealware.",
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        "Utensils for holding, cooking, or serving a meal."
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          "ref": "1970, John Jakes, Six-Gun Planet, Warner Books, published 1978, page 25",
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          "text": "The slender man hoisted the mealware from the coals and set it to the ground. “Food,” said Karlsson.",
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        },
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