dishware

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noun

crockery used for serving or cooking food

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

noundishware (countable and uncountable, plural dishwares)

plural dishwares

  1. countableuncountablecrockery used for serving or cooking food

    Synonyms: dishes

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncrockery used for serving or cooking food

Similar
dishes

More synonyms by meaning

nountableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively

Similar
crockery
Broader
tableware
Also see
crockerydishes

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

From dish + -ware.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan vaixella
  • vaixellacrockery
Czech nádobí
  • nádobícrockery
Dutch servies
  • serviescrockery
Finnish astiat
  • astiatcrockery
French vaisselle
  • vaissellecrockery
German Geschirr
  • Geschirrcrockery
Hungarian edények, edényáruk
  • edényekcrockery
  • edényárukcrockery
Italian stoviglie
  • stovigliecrockery
Polish zastawa stołowa, serwis stołowy
  • zastawa stołowacrockery
  • serwis stołowycrockery
Portuguese louças
  • louçascrockery
Russian посу́да
  • посу́да (posúda)crockery
Spanish vajilla
  • vajillacrockery
Ukrainian по́суд
  • по́суд (pósud)crockery
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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