plasticware

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noun

Culinary or scientific equipment made of plastic.

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

nounplasticware (usually uncountable, plural plasticwares)

plural plasticwares

  1. uncountableusuallyCulinary or scientific equipment made of plastic.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Germanic*warō
  8. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  9. Old Englishwaru
  10. Middle Englishware
  11. Englishplasticware

From plastic + -ware.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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