tupperware

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noun

A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

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plastic containerfood container
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Meanings

tupperware1

nountupperware (countable and uncountable, plural tupperwares or tupperware)

plural tupperwares

  1. alternativecountableuncommonuncountableAlternative form of Tupperware.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:tupperware.

Tupperware2

nounTupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares)

plural Tupperwares · alternative tupperware

  1. countableuncountableA food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware.

    Synonyms: plastic container, food container

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

Similar
plastic containerfood container

Origin

From Tupper + -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark.

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Translations

Arabic حَافِظَة طَعَام
  • حَافِظَة طَعَامfood-storage container
Finnish rasia
  • rasiafood-storage container
French tupperware, tupéroir
  • tupperwarefood-storage container
  • tupéroirfood-storage container
Greek τάπερ
  • τάπερ (táper)food-storage container
Portuguese taparuere, tapoer
  • taparuerefood-storage container
  • tapoerfood-storage container
  • tupperwarefood-storage container
Spanish tupperware, tupper
  • tupperwareTupperware
  • tupperTupperware
  • táperTupperware
  • túperTupperware
  • tóperTupperware
  • Tupperwarefood-storage container
Thai ทัปเปอร์แวร์
  • ทัปเปอร์แวร์ (táp-bpə̂ə-wɛɛ)food-storage container
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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