supperware

supperware noun: the dishes used for serving supper.

Noun

supperware (uncountable)

The dishes used for serving supper.
- Supperware sat unwashed in the pan.1964, James J. Galvin, Blessed John Neumann, Bishop of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Md.; Dublin: Helicon, →LCCN, page 135
- But when he suggested putting all their supperware in a wash basin and leaving it out on the back steps for the thunderbird to lick clean she laughed like hell and favored him with a far-from-motherly kiss.1992 May, Tabor Evans [pen name], Longarm and the Lady Sheriff, New York, N.Y.: Jove Books, →ISBN, pages 50–51

I stupidly upset the table and the supperware.1995, Megan Davidson, Road to the Isle, Pinnacle Books, page 40:
As she carried their supper to the table she saw the dirty supperware Hunter had cleared from the table and stacked on the workbench.1997 April, Norah Hess, Blaze, New York, N.Y.: Leisure Books, →ISBN, pages 143–144:
The pottery was running smoothly, the output of brightly decorated tea- and supperware stacked neatly on shelves ready for the final firing.2000, Iris Gower [pen name; Iris Davies], Daughters of Rebecca, Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 260:
What’s he trying to do to us? her father says, as they pass a shop displaying porcelain supperware and an ornate silver epergne.2005, Kevin Haworth, The Discontinuity of Small Things, Quality Words In Print, →ISBN, page 41:

From supper + -ware.

What does supperware mean?: Supperware means the dishes used for serving supper.
How do you use supperware in a sentence?: I stupidly upset the table and the supperware.
What part of speech is supperware?: Supperware is a noun.

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