Cutlery
/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Sharp cutting utensils. US, uncountable, usually
"Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling."
- 2 tableware implements for cutting and eating food wordnet
- 3 Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons. UK, uncountable, usually
"a cutlery set"
- 4 a cutting implement; a tool for cutting wordnet
- 5 The business of a cutler. uncountable, usually
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Keiko deftly piles up the cutlery and takes them to the sink."
Etymology
From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).