tableware

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Middle English table
English table
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English tableware

    From table + -ware.

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    Noun

    tableware (countable and uncountable, plural tablewares)

    1. The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.
      • 2015 September 3, Christi Scott, “Tableware designed for Alzheimer’s patients”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 18 September 2024:
        With years of research and observation under her belt, Yao set to work creating and perfecting Eatwell, an assistive tableware set designed specially for patients with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer’s.
      • 2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN‎[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 15 April 2025:
        Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.

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