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dessertware

noun

Etymology

From dessert + -ware.

  1. borrowed from dessert
  2. suffixed as dessertware — “dessert + ware”

Definitions

  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.
    • Use beverage glasses as elegant dessertware
    • No, pottery in large quantities: soup tureens, twelve dozen plates, platters of various shapes and sizes, oil cruets, butter dishes, plenty of dessertware, glasses, and buckets, as well as enough implements to serve tea to many people.

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