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dessertware

dessertware noun: the dishes used for serving dessert.

Noun

dessertware (uncountable)

  1. The dishes used for serving dessert.
    • They exclaimed over teapots and dessertware in the forms of stylized cauliflowers, pineapples, cabbages, and Chinese melon-shaped winepots.1950, Jean Gorely, Wedgwood, New York, N.Y.: Gramercy Publishing Company, page 18
    • Use beverage glasses as elegant dessertware1985 May 29, Granite City Journal, volume 9, number 31, page 5C

Origin of dessertware

From dessert + -ware.

Questions about dessertware

What does dessertware mean?
Dessertware means the dishes used for serving dessert.
What part of speech is dessertware?
Dessertware is a noun.

Words near dessertware in the dictionary

  1. dessertspoon
  2. dessertspoonful
  3. dessertspoonfuls
  4. dessertspoons
  5. dessertspoonsful
  6. dessertware
  7. desserty
  8. desses
  9. dessiatin
  10. dessiatina
  11. dessiatinas

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