silverware

The knives, forks, and spoons used for eating.

• Put the silverware on the table.
• Is there any clean silverware in the drawer?
• The café gives customers plastic silverware with takeaway meals.

Similar words: cutlery, flatware

Common phrases: plastic silverware, silverware drawer, set out silverware

Objects made from silver, such as dishes, cups, and decorations.

• The museum displays antique silverware.
• She polished the silverware before the guests arrived.
• Their collection of silverware includes an eighteenth-century teapot.

Similar words: silver

Common phrases: antique silverware, polish silverware, valuable silverware

Cups and other prizes won in sports competitions, or the success of winning them.

• The club won its first silverware.
• Fans expect more silverware this season.
• Despite reaching three finals, the team finished without any silverware.

Similar words: trophies, honours

Common phrases: win silverware, major silverware, chase silverware

Objects with a shiny grey colour like silver, even if made from another material.

• The decorations were silverware made from painted plastic.
• This silverware has a shiny coating over cheaper metal.
• She arranged the silverware to match the room's grey decorations.

Common phrases: decorative silverware, shiny silverware