dishware

Definitions of dishware
  1. noun
    tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively
    synonyms: crockery
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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, 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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