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restaurantware

restaurantware noun: tableware designed for use in restaurants.

Noun

restaurantware (uncountable)

  1. Tableware designed for use in restaurants.
    • These neoclassic-pattern ironstone portion plates are really a very fancy restaurantware made by Booths of England; […]1988, Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart’s Quick Cook Menus: Fifty-two Meals You Can Make in Under an Hour, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., →ISBN, page 107
    • The thick, friendly china that furnished America’s childhood at diners and family restaurants like the International House of Pancakes and Mister Donut rubs alongside of the slightly more upscale restaurantware from sources such as the Hotel Dupont, The Houston Club, and even The International...1995, Bo Niles, Veronica McNiff, The New York Book of Tea: Where to Take Tea and Buy Tea & Teaware, New York, N.Y.: City & Company, →ISBN, page 75

Examples of restaurantware in a sentence

  • The baked apple pie, in a restaurantware nappy bowl, is tender enough to eat with a delicate coin-silver spoon.1996, Peri Wolfman, Charles Gold, Great Settings, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 18:
  • They were chunky, heavy, standard diner restaurantware, and this was meant to be a light and elegant social affair with fine china and silverware.2000, Judy Allen, Event Planning: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Meetings, Corporate Events, Fundraising Galas, Conferences, Conventions...
  • Madeline collects i950s-era poodle dishes by Glidden and restaurantware featuring turquoise polka dots.2004, “Shopkeepers”, in Vicki L. Ingham, editor, Trade Secrets: Insider Advice on Creating Your Own Personal Style, Des Moines, Iowa...
  • John Allen Taylor was an urban farmer and poem-writer in Spokane, where he socialized feral kittens, made candles, and collected restaurantware from the early 1930s.2014, Jeffrey G. Dodd, Thom Caraway, editors, Railtown Almanac: A Spokane Poetry Anthology, Spokane, Wash.: Sage Hill Press, →ISBN, page...

Origin of restaurantware

From restaurant + -ware.

Questions about restaurantware

What does restaurantware mean?
Restaurantware means tableware designed for use in restaurants.
How do you use restaurantware in a sentence?
The baked apple pie, in a restaurantware nappy bowl, is tender enough to eat with a delicate coin-silver spoon.
What part of speech is restaurantware?
Restaurantware is a noun.

Words near restaurantware in the dictionary

  1. restaurantgoer
  2. restaurantgoers
  3. restaurantish
  4. restaurantland
  5. restaurants
  6. restaurantware
  7. restauranty
  8. restaurate
  9. restaurateur
  10. restaurateurial
  11. restaurateuring

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