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lunchware

lunchware noun: the dishes used for serving lunch.

Noun

lunchware (uncountable)

  1. The dishes used for serving lunch.
    • They telephoned me to ask me if I would like to g-give a luncheon for my . . . and they would bring everything and do all the work and afterward s-serve . . . s-sell their lunchware to my . . . my . . .1955, William Gaddis, The Recognitions, Bard Books, →ISBN, page 807
    • Starting this month, used lunchware from three Thomasville schools will be collected in plastic bags, shipped to Brooklyn and turned into rulers, insulation board and reusable lunch trays.1990 April 23, Time, volume 135, number 17, →ISSN, page 82

Origin of lunchware

From lunch + -ware.

Questions about lunchware

What does lunchware mean?
Lunchware means the dishes used for serving lunch.
What part of speech is lunchware?
Lunchware is a noun.

Words near lunchware in the dictionary

  1. lunchtime abortions
  2. lunchtimes
  3. lunchwagon
  4. lunchwagons
  5. lunchwards
  6. lunchware
  7. Luncoiu de Jos
  8. Lund
  9. Lunda
  10. Lundahl
  11. Lundahls

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