dishware

Definitions of dishware

1. noun

   tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
   synonyms: crockery

   types:

   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, 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)