Meanings
nounplace setting (plural place settings)
plural place settings
- Items of cutlery, crockery and glassware, and sometimes a place mat, arranged for a person at a dining table.
Synonyms: setting, table setting
Synonyms & antonyms
nounItems of cutlery, crockery and glassware, and sometimes a place mat, arranged for a person at a dining table.
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Translations
Catalan cobert
- cobertitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Chinese Mandarin 成套餐具
- 成套餐具 (chéngtào cānjù)items arranged for a person at a dining table
Danish kuvert
- kuvertitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Finnish kate, kattaus
- kateitems arranged for a person at a dining table
- kattausitems arranged for a person at a dining table
French couvert
- couvertitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Polish zastawa stołowa
- zastawa stołowaitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Portuguese baixela, serviço de mesa
- baixelaitems arranged for a person at a dining table
- serviço de mesaitems arranged for a person at a dining table
- aparelhoitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Spanish cubierto
- cubiertoitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Swedish kuvert
- kuvertitems arranged for a person at a dining table
Cite this entry
APA
place setting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20setting
MLA
“place setting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20setting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “place setting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/place%20setting.
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