mealware

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noun

Utensils for holding, cooking, or serving a meal.

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Meanings

nounmealware (uncountable)
  1. uncountableUtensils for holding, cooking, or serving a meal.

    The waitress started to remove the mealware.

    1970, John Jakes, Six-Gun Planet, Warner Books, published 1978, →ISBN, page 25
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    The slender man hoisted the mealware from the coals and set it to the ground. “Food,” said Karlsson.

    1982, Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners, Atheneum, →ISBN, page 242

    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; […]

    1994, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Chodo Cross, transl., Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, book 1, Dogen Sangha, published 2006, →ISBN, page 117

    After Shorty set the items on the ground, he reached for the metal sliding door to retrieve the previous day’s mealware.

    2001, Christopher Metzger, Silent Rebellion, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 189

Origin

From meal + -ware.

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APA

mealware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mealware

MLA

“mealware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mealware. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mealware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mealware.

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