Definitions

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  • noun Culinary or scientific equipment made of plastic.

Etymologies

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From plastic +‎ -ware.

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Examples

  • Stanley Home Products used the party plan before Tupperware came along, but Wise refined it, whipping women into a frenzy for selling the newfangled plasticware.

    Chic dining, bold colors for post-modern Tupperware 2011

  • Seemingly otherwise normal, perfectly mannered, even buttoned-up executives can slurp, lick their lips or leave grubby plasticware around the office.

    A Field Guide to Obnoxious Eating Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • Otherwise, we suggest taking that $75 gift card and buying some paper plates and plasticware.

    Sears Replaces Your Dishwasher With A Defective One, Then Says "See You In July!" - The Consumerist 2008

  • Snacks, Steri-Strips, food stain wipes, plasticware . . . what else?

    GONE LISA McMANN 2010

  • Once I arrived in a store, dozens of people would stampede over me in order to get to the discounted plasticware.

    Black Friday and how not to restart the economy Alexandra Petri 2010

  • Snacks, Steri-Strips, food stain wipes, plasticware . . . what else?

    GONE LISA McMANN 2010

  • I also feel like I'm recycling the plastics, and I don't have to spend money or waste more storage space on huge pieces of plasticware.

    Hints From Heloise 2010

  • Snacks, Steri-Strips, food stain wipes, plasticware . . . what else?

    GONE LISA McMANN 2010

  • I also feel like I'm recycling the plastics, and I don't have to spend money or waste more storage space on huge pieces of plasticware.

    Hints From Heloise: 1962 roast recipe is an eye-opener 2010

  • Incidentally, if anyone has ever been to an employee break room in an airport, one knows that both management and union employees constantly eat snacks, use branded cups and plasticware, drink the coffee, etc. that overflows from the flights.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010

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