(n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since kitchen measuring spoons and flatware are commonly used to administer 1-2 tablespoons of syrup of ipecac, we measured the delivered dose of 30 standard flatware teaspoons to determine the accuracy of the spoons.
(2) This compares to the serving flatware teaspoon mean delivery volume of 5.8 ml (range 3 ml to 7 ml) and 9.5 ml (range 7 ml to 14 ml) for the flatware tablespoon.
(3) Heck, the NBA will probably even replace any silverware in Staples Center with plastic flatware on Clippers game days just in case.
Tableware
Definition:
(n.) Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.
Example Sentences:
(1) Samples taken from tableware, tools and workers' hands were tested microbiologically.
(2) Waterford Wedgwood has suffered from falling demand for its high-quality crystal, china and other tableware, and has recorded a loss for the last five years.
(3) Perhaps now is the time to reach for altogether plainer tableware and glasses, for Kaj Frank bowls at one end of the price range, but more likely to Duralex tumblers at the other as we face a future of, as it were, porridge and tap water rather than the fine wines and dainty dishes it's hard not to associate with Waterford and Wedgwood.
(4) Three days later, her thoughts had shifted from infant tableware to transport.
(5) Release of lead and cadmium from plastic tableware was examined.
(6) The figures suggest encouraging signs for homewares' retailers reporting an 8% increase in underlying sales in December compared with last year, bolstered by demand for decorations and tableware.
(7) The maker of compostable tableware has been named as Scotland’s third-fastest growing technology company .
(8) These limited rights included the right to sell "tangible" products such as "figurines, tableware, stationery items, clothing, and the like", but did not include "electronic or digital rights, rights in media yet to be devised or other intangibles such as rights in services".
(9) There are 40 big firms in the core business, with 6,000 people working on tableware.
(10) According to the artist, Saatchi once displayed the piece in the dining room of his Belgravia home, surrounded by 19th century baroque silver tableware.
(11) She previously received 3,000 hryvnia (£150) a month in child benefits, her parents received 2,600 hryvnia in pension payments, and Denis earned 50 to 100 hryvnia a day working in a tableware factory during winter – Slavyansk is known for its ceramics – and on building sites in summer.
(12) You've made all the ceramic tableware and done 239 drawings for the walls.
(13) The firm moved lock, stock and ceramic figurine to the Potteries in Staffordshire in 1956, where it has specialised in tableware and "collectables", the ceramic figures that have featured so prominently in weekend supplement ads in recent decades and which may or may not be to your taste.
(14) With the tableware, I've tried to make work that is slightly ambient and interacts with the food, so there's messages in the bottom of the teacups and the surfaces are a bit wibbly-wobbly.