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Definition: Silverware |
SilverwareNoun1. Tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "silverware" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Crosswords: Silverware |
| English words defined with "silverware": Countermark ♦ Flat chasing, flatware ♦ holloware, hollowware ♦ silver ♦ tableware, tea service, tea set ♦ ware. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "silverware": BUFFING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SILVERWARE ♦ COUNTER SUPERVISOR, COUNTER-SUPPLY WORKER ♦ GREASE BUFFER ♦ HEADWAITER/HEADWAITRESS, HOUSE WORKER, GENERAL, housekeeper, home ♦ KITCHEN STEWARD/STEWARDESS ♦ MODEL MAKER I, moshgiach ♦ overseer, kosher kitchen ♦ PROFILE TRIMMER ♦ RAW SHELLFISH PREPARER ♦ Silver, SILVER WRAPPER, SILVERSMITH II, SILVERWARE ASSEMBLER, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, BANQUET, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, RAILROAD DINING CAR, supervisor, kashruth, SUPERVISOR, KOSHER DIETARY SERVICE ♦ WAITER/WAITRESS, ROOM SERVICE. (references) |
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Screenplays | Sometimes you must try other people's clean silverware, as part of the fun of eating out. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus.) I never even knew we had fancy silverware. When was the last time you used this? (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) | |
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 | A breakfast is set up on a blue and white striped tablecloth, including: a yellow bowl of cereal with raspberries, a glass of orange juice and a glass mug of tea. Also on the table are a brightly colored napkin and silverware in the foreground and a folded newspaper in the background. A second slide shows the same objects from a different angle. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Conversion. Silverware plant. An Eastern factory which produces bomb shackles for Uncle Sam's birdmen was once one of the country's best-known manufacturers of table silver. Above is closeup of a shaft assembly in specially made milling jig. Held at left. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cooks drying "silverware" in logging camp near Effie, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sosnick & Thalheimer, business in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Silverware. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Setting the table with glasses; plates; and silverware. | | Metal silverware and pots falling to the floor. |
| Piece of tinny silverware falling off the table and onto the linoleum floor. | ||
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Economic History | Maldives | Other hotel supplies: Smaller, more frequently replaced items such as bed linens, sheets, towels, glassware, silverware, dishware, and consumable items such as pre-packaged toiletries, processed and frozen food products and ingredients, and cigarettes. (references) |
Brazil | Products imported from the United States include kitchen accessories and tools, towel heaters, security and surveillance systems, toilet fan systems, smoke detectors, fire resistant doors, air conditioning systems, silverware, china, cleaning carts and accessories, as well as laundry and dry cleaning equipment. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Silverware" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Silverware" is used about 62 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 62 | 42,755 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "silverware"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | artikuj prej argjendi, argjendurina (silver plate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فضيات, آنية المائدة الفضية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сребърни съдове (silver plate), сребърни прибори (silver plate), сребърни изделия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stříbrné příbory. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | soelvtoej. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zilverwerk, zilver (silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ظروف نقره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hopeatavarat (silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | argenterie (silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Silberware, Tafelsilber (plate), Silberzeug. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ασημικά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כלי כסף (silver ware). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | evőeszköz (cutlery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | argenteria (silver). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilverwaresay prataria (silver, silver plate). (various references) изделия из серебра. (various references) srebrno posuđe. (various references) vajilla de plata (silver plate), plata (brass, bread, flat silver, loot, shekels, shiners, silver), cubiertos (cutlery). (various references) silversaker, silverkärl, bordssilver. (various references) gümüş takımlar (silver plate), gümüş eşya (silver, silver plate), gümüş çatal bıçak. (various references) столове срібло (plate), вироби із срібла. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "silverware": silverwares. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "silverware" (pronounced si"lverwe'r) |
| 4 | -er w e' r | dinnerware, outerwear, underwear, vaporware. |
| 3 | -w e' r | anywhere, cookware, Delftware, earthenware, elsewhere, everywhere, eyewear, flatware, footwear, giftware, glassware, hardware, kitchenware, knitwear, neckwear, nowhere, shareware, sleepwear, software, somewhere, sportswear, stoneware, swimwear, tableware. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-s-v-w" | |
-1 letter: reviewals. | |
-2 letters: alewives, ravelers, realiser, resilver, reversal, reviewal, revilers, silverer, slaverer, sliverer, waverers. | |
-3 letters: arrives, earlier, laveers, learier, leavers, leavier, leviers, railers, raveler, realise, reavers, reivers, reliers, relives, reraise, reveals, reviews, reviler, reviles, revisal, reviser, rewires, rievers, servile, several, swearer, swerver, variers, vealers, vealier, veilers, viewers, wailers, waivers, warsler, waverer, wearers, wearier, wearies. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-l-r-r-s-v-w" | |
+1 letter: silverwares. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 6C 76 65 72 77 61 72 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01101100 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110111 01100001 01110010 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i l v e r w a r e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 006C 0076 0065 0072 0077 0061 0072 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53757888718489678471 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Sounds 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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