: a set of dishes and flatware constituting a table service for one person
Examples of place setting in a Sentence
Please lay another place setting for our guest.
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The second flight, a dress rehearsal flight for docking missions with the Russian space station Mir, wasn’t supposed to feature a spacewalk but the dominoes fell into place setting up Harris’ landmark experience.—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2025 Lewis, sitting nearby, stared at his place setting.—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025 Gavin Rossdale's holiday table keeps an extra place setting for an unexpected guest.—Marina Watts, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025 Vases filled with lemons or a single lemon at each place setting make for an effortless tablescape.—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for place setting
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