dinnerware

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noun

The dishes used for serving dinner.

Similar
dinewarediningware
OriginMiddle English ware ← Old English waru ← Proto-West Germanic *waru →
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Meanings

noundinnerware (countable and uncountable, plural dinnerwares)

plural dinnerwares

  1. countableuncountableThe dishes used for serving dinner.

    Synonyms: dineware, diningware

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe dishes used for serving dinner.

Similar
dinewarediningware
Also see
dinewarediningware

Origin

  1. Englishdinner
  2. Proto-Germanic*warō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  4. Old Englishwaru
  5. Middle Englishware
  6. Englishdinnerware

From dinner + -ware.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

dinnerwearinwanderer
Cite this entry
APA

dinnerware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinnerware

MLA

“dinnerware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinnerware. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dinnerware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dinnerware.

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