Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Cutting instruments and tools.
- n. Utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons used as tableware.
- n. The occupation of a cutler.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The business of a cutler.
- n. Edged or cutting instruments collectively.
Wiktionary
- n. A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons.
- n. The business of a cutler.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The business of a cutler.
- n. Edged or cutting instruments, collectively, especially knives for cutting food.
- n. eating utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
- n. tableware implements for cutting and eating food
Etymologies
- From Old French coutelerie (modern: coutellerie). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English cutellerie, from Old French coutelerie, from coutel, knife; see cutlass. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Says The Ragbag, "half the fun of hybrid cutlery is the peculiar names.”
“She collected two glasses and some cutlery from the tray on the bar.”
“This peerless piece of cutlery is jointly made for Cabela's by Gerber and Bell & Carlson, and is so good that none of you are worthy of it.”
“The SHOT Show abounds in cutlery manufacturers, and Colt Steel is always one of the most interesting.”
“But to an officer in the Canadian Militia this $16 piece of stage cutlery is an unqualified nuisance.”
“Even the crockery was made in the Burg, and the cutlery was a cast-off from another Bristolian restaurant.”
“After cataloguing the internal organs of a creature from a nightmare, washing the cutlery was a joyous exercise.”
“Tamerlane lived in excessive magnificence and luxury at Samarcand; hither he had brought all his captives, who were expert in any kind of manufacture, especially in the silks of Damascus, and the sword cutlery of”
“The house rules are framed on the wall: guests should clear away their own plates and cutlery, which is self-explanatory because the friendly and good-humoured Aunt Marika has her hands full in the kitchen with the lunchtime orders.”
“Runcible as used in Edward Lear's poem The Owl and the Pussycat - given in Chambers Dictionary as meaning a pickle-fork but used in our household as anything, especially cutlery, which is slightly ill-matched or bent / crooked.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cutlery’.
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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TECH - department store terms
absorbable, access road, account book, acoustic, adding machine, adhesive, advisory service, aeration, air compressor, air conditioner, air filter, alarm system and 231 more...
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Canadianisms
Canuck, timbit, Timbit, inukshuk, Canadianism, spiked, hyderize, canuckistan, Canuckistan, hoser, double double, Triumf and 373 more...
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Nanny McPhee (2005)
Words from a 2005 'Nanny McPhee' film
to be off to, spud, blighter, pustule, tyke, mewl, blimey, rattle, daft, christening, measles, austere and 35 more...
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keywords
tendril, tremble, vanity, cutlery, archipelago, game-changer, saliva, fame whore, bottom-feeder, run with the hare, blood from a turnip, patina and 8 more...
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objects
teapot, tea cosy, kettle, bandana, canopy, crockery, cutlery, doormat, easel, loupe, allen key, bric-a-brac and 35 more...
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utensil strength
sieve, colander, whisk, chinoise, spatula, fork, spork, runcible spoon, tong, mandoline, crockery, ladle and 28 more...
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Kitchen Stuff
cracklewear, eggbeaters, chop plate, hollowware, slotted spoons, wire whisks, spatulas, cheese grater, crockery, ladles, waffle irons, flour sifters and 47 more...
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food
tiramisu, gelato, mousse, mascarpone, Battenberg cake, crimini, flatbread, bisque, grub, connoisseur, sate, gluttonous and 8 more...
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Mass Nouns
From wikipedia: "In English, mass nouns are characterized by the fact that they cannot be directly modified by a numeral without specifying a unit of measurement, and that they cannot combine with ...
advice, blood, cattle, equipment, furniture, grass, information, knowledge, mathematics, meat, money, music and 31 more...
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herrherr's list
vicenarian, kretek, portmanteau, neologism, medomalacuphobia, outre, ootheca, cantankerous, cockamamie, poppycock, pshaw, uroboros and 40 more...
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Jeeki's list
vaudeville, alcove, princox, hyacinth, hasp, helotry, ephedrine, cutlery, transcendence, intermittent, inasmuch, mitigate and 6 more...
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