place setting

noun

: 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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At each place setting, there was a chic line-drawing portrait waiting for the guest. Mya Gelber, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024 And shopping for ornaments to personalize each place setting. Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024 Charms can also dress up the napkin ring on a place setting, elevating a tablescape. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024 For the past 20 years, Larry Paynter, founder of The Coachman Restaurant and Lounge in Plainfield has set up The Missing Man Table each Veterans Day with each branch of the U.S. military represented with a hat and place setting. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for place setting 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of place setting was in 1944

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“Place setting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/place%20setting. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.

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place setting

noun
: a set of dishes and silverware for one person

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