as in silver
eating and serving utensils
we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
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Recent Examples of silverware
Keep In Mind It’s not designed to hold silverware and other small objects.
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Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
The set includes plates, cups, napkins, and silverware for 20 guests, plus a banner and tablecloth.
—Kaitlin Gates, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
The Fritz and Zverev quarter-final was a prime example of two men who didn’t quite know how to take control in the rarefied air where silverware is close.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Assuming the Anfield side wants Trent along for the ride under Arne Slot, the hierarchy must convince him that Liverpool is en route to the same silverware.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
The set includes plates, cups, napkins, and silverware for 20 guests, plus a banner and tablecloth.
—Kaitlin Gates, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
The Fritz and Zverev quarter-final was a prime example of two men who didn’t quite know how to take control in the rarefied air where silverware is close.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Assuming the Anfield side wants Trent along for the ride under Arne Slot, the hierarchy must convince him that Liverpool is en route to the same silverware.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silverware
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The Sherman Silver Act had required the government to purchase a monthly allotment of 4.5 million ounces (roughly 280,000 pounds) of silver.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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The MacBook and Mac mini have traditionally avoided the iPhone's rainbow of color options, usually sticking to sedate bare metal and gray or silver finishes.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Gold edgings and flatware tie them all together like a bow on a package.Sandra S. Soria, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
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That includes, but is not limited to, bags, bubble wrap, disposable flatware and cutlery, six-pack can holders, prescription-medicine bottles, toy lightsabres, those little table things that keep your pizza from getting smushed, and plastic lawn flamingos.Mark Remy, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Ammon lays it in his palm to circle with a knife, handing half to me and eating the other.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Republicans' narrow majority in the House of Representatives enters Tuesday on the knife's edge, with both parties possessing paths to control in the next Congress.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Silverware.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silverware. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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