silverware

noun

sil·​ver·​ware ˈsil-vər-ˌwer How to pronounce silverware (audio)

Examples of silverware in a Sentence

The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware. we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
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Barca will try to win its first piece of silverware this season, and in the reign of Xavi Hernadez's successor Hansi Flick, to a backdrop of Ronald Araujo being heavily linked to Juventus. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 The Globes remain a brand, even if that brand has been tarnished and rehabilitated more times than my grandmother’s silverware. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024 Like those mudskippers, also known as mudlarks, who scour riverbanks for artifacts from London’s past—Roman pottery, Victorian silverware—everyday citizens report dugout sightings across Wisconsin. Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024 An occasional one among us males will pitch in to place the silverware or perhaps fill the water glasses. Mike Masterson, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for silverware 

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of silverware was in 1848

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“Silverware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silverware. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

silverware

noun
sil·​ver·​ware -ˌwa(ə)r How to pronounce silverware (audio)
-ˌwe(ə)r
1
: tableware made of or plated with silver
2

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