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tableware

noun

Etymology

From table + -ware.

  1. derived from table
  2. derived from tabula
  3. inherited from tabele
  4. inherited from table
  5. formed as tableware — “table + -ware”

Definitions

  1. The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in setting a table for a meal.

    • With years of research and observation under her belt, Yao set to work creating and perfecting Eatwell, an assistive tableware set designed specially for patients with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer’s.
    • Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tableware. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01tableware02glassware03jugs04jug05vessel06dishes07dishwashing08dishware09crockery

A definitional loop anchored at tableware. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at tableware

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA