Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flatware

/flˈætwˌɛɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: flat-ware
IPA: /flˈætwˌɛɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Plates, dishes and other relatively flat crockery.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A girl without a nightgown or bathing suit. Who had never used two pieces of flatware to eat."
"Flatware should not be allowed to dry between presoaking and washing. It should be washed with the handles down and stored with the handles up."
"The artsy set can now go to a Made By You—one of those places where you pay six times more to decorate your own mugs and dishes than it would cost to buy flatware that other people have decorated"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English flatware From flat + -ware.

Usage

Inflected Forms

flatwares (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hollowware

Synonyms

silver

Questions

How do you pronounce flatware?: The recorded pronunciation is /flˈætwˌɛɹ/.
What does flatware mean?: Eating utensils; cutlery, such as forks, knives and spoons.
Where does flatware come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English flatware From flat + -ware.

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