Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lunchware

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lunch-ware
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dishes used for serving lunch.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They telephoned me to ask me if I would like to g-give a luncheon for my . . . and they would bring everything and do all the work and afterward s-serve . . . s-sell their lunchware to my . . . my . . ."
"Starting this month, used lunchware from three Thomasville schools will be collected in plastic bags, shipped to Brooklyn and turned into rulers, insulation board and reusable lunch trays."
"To Graze Organics, LapTop Lunches, Planet Box, Oots, Black + Blum, So Young, Ella’s Kitchen, Brinware, Pottery Barn Kids, Lunchbots, Wawabots, Wean Green, Zojirushi, Acme Party Box, BA Friend, and House Jewels for furnishing me with your incredible products and making reusable lunchware a joy to use day after day."
"When we moved to Brooklyn and Dan couldn’t come home for lunch anymore, we invested in a wonderful stainless-steel lunchware set so he could take leftovers with him to work."

Etymology

From lunch + -ware.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lunch

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

lunchroom dinnerware diningware kitchenware

Questions

What does lunchware mean?: The dishes used for serving lunch.
Where does lunchware come from?: From lunch + -ware.

How to pronounce lunchware

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