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cutlery

/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/

cutlery noun: sharp cutting utensils.

cutlery: sharp cutting utensils
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Noun

cutlery (usually uncountable, plural cutleries)

  1. (US, usually) Sharp cutting utensils.
    • Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.
  2. (UK, usually) Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
    • a cutlery set
    • This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.
    Synonyms:
    flatware, silverware
  3. (usually) The business of a cutler.

cutlery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cutlery in Hindi

कटलरी

cutlery in Tamil

கட்லரி

cutlery in Marathi

कटलरी

cutlery in Urdu

eating and serving utensils
کٹلری
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cutlery in Bengali
ছুরি, কাঁটা, চামচ ইত্যাদি
cutlery in Telugu
కట్లెరీ kaṭlerī
cutlery in Malayalam
കത്തി വ്യാപാരം, മൂർച്ചയുളള ആയുധങ്ങൾക്കുള്ള പേര്, കത്തി നിർമ്മാണം
cutlery in Kannada
ಕಟ್ಲರಿ, ಕಟ್ಲರಿಗಳು
cutlery in Punjabi
ਕਟਲਰੀ kaṭlarī
cutlery in Gujarati
કટલરી, કટ્લરી
cutlery in Odia
କଟ୍ଲରୀ, କଟ୍ଲେରୀ, କାଟଲେରୀ
cutlery in Nepali
कटलरी, कट्लरी, काटलरी
cutlery in Tagalog
kubyertos
cutlery in Indonesian
alat makan

Examples of cutlery in a sentence

  • The waiter brought our orders to the table, but forgot the cutlery.
  • Collect a knife and fork from the cutlery station on the way to your table.
  • The cutlery was chinging as the boat swayed around on the sea.

All 15 example sentences with cutlery

Synonyms of cutlery

All synonyms of cutlery

Forms of cutlery

pluralcutleries

Origin of cutlery

From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).

Words formed from cutlery

Questions about cutlery

What does cutlery mean?
Cutlery means sharp cutting utensils.
What is cutlery in Hindi?
Cutlery in Hindi is कटलरी. See Cutlery meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cutlery?
Cutlery is a noun.
How do you pronounce cutlery?
Cutlery is pronounced /ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/.
What is the plural of cutlery?
The plural of cutlery is cutleries.

Words near cutlery in the dictionary

  1. cutleries
  2. Cutlerite
  3. Cutlerites
  4. cutlers
  5. Cutlers Green
  6. cutlery
  7. cutleryware
  8. cutlet
  9. cutlet Kiev-style
  10. cutlet Kyiv-style
  11. cutlets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cutlery (page history and authors); cutlery (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutlery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cutlery (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cutlery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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