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cupware

cupware noun: cups collectively.

Noun

cupware (uncountable)

  1. Cups collectively.
    • Remains of smaller objects, but of no less interest, are eagerly sought for; indeed history learns much from tools and all things of manual use that are unearthed; utensils of household use, for cooking, for preparing the food, for obtaining the food, are important, and the containers, such as...1921 September–October, R. W. Shaw, “Historical Societies, Their Aim and Method of Work”, in “Mer Douce”: The Georgian Bay and North Ontario Magazine, volume I, number 4, page 28
    • Some of the best-selling crafts are leather works (belts, wallets, purses, buttons, clothes, sandals); pottery (dishware and cupware, vases, planters, cookware, sculpture); macramé (belts, clothes, hangers, hangings); and jewelry (usual and exotic).1983, Ed Buryn, Vagabonding in the U.S.A.: A Guide to Independent Travel, Ed Buryn, →ISBN, page 332

Examples of cupware in a sentence

  • Not only do blades of grass and bright blue skies line the posted menus, but all cutlery and cupware is biodegradable.2009, Jared Koch, Alex Van Buren, Clean Plates N.Y.C.: A Guide to the Healthiest, Tastiest Restaurants in Manhattan for Vegetarians and...
  • For example, Starbucks sells coffee, sure — but also coffee beans, cupware, food, CDs, and other products.2015, Kathleen R. Allen, Peter Economy, Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards, Lita Epstein, Alex Hiam, Greg Holden, Peter Jaret, Jim Muehlhausen...
  • Mabel, aware of his arrival, carried in the tall silver pot and my best Meissen cupware.2016, Alan Sillitoe, Moggerhanger, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN, page 246:

Origin of cupware

From cup + -ware.

Questions about cupware

What does cupware mean?
Cupware means cups collectively.
How do you use cupware in a sentence?
Not only do blades of grass and bright blue skies line the posted menus, but all cutlery and cupware is biodegradable.
What part of speech is cupware?
Cupware is a noun.

Words near cupware in the dictionary

  1. cupulometric
  2. cupulometry
  3. cupulothiasis
  4. CUPW
  5. cupward
  6. cupware
  7. cupwing
  8. cupwings
  9. cupwise
  10. Cupșeni
  11. cur

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