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dishware

DEFINITIONS OF: dishware

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n tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively

Synonyms:
crockery
Examples:
Holy Grail
(legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
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china, chinaware
dishware made of high quality porcelain
cup
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
dish
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
egg cup, eggcup
dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg
ovenware
heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served
beaker
a cup (usually without a handle)
bowl
a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
butter dish
a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table
casserole
large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served
chalice, goblet
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup
coffee cup
a cup from which coffee is drunk
coquille
a dish in the form of a scallop shell
Dixie cup, paper cup
a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks
grace cup
cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal
boat, gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat
a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce
cylix, kylix
a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece
moustache cup, mustache cup
a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink
Petri dish
a shallow dish used to culture bacteria
ramekin, ramequin
a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions
scyphus
an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
serving dish
a dish used for serving food
sugar bowl
a dish in which sugar is served
teacup
a cup from which tea is drunk
watch glass
laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker
willow-pattern, willowware
chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river
Type of:
tableware
articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)
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