noun
- Plural of flatware; eating and serving utensils, typically made of metal, including forks, knives, and spoons.
Usage: Commonly used in North American English; British English typically uses 'cutlery'.; Often refers to a matched set or collection of such utensils.
Examples
- The restaurant set the table with polished flatwares for the formal dinner.
- She inherited her grandmother's collection of antique flatwares.
- The hotel provides high-quality flatwares in all its dining establishments.
- We need to buy new flatwares since some pieces from our set have gone missing.
- The flatwares were arranged neatly on either side of each plate.