Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US, uncountable, usually)Sharp cutting utensils.

    Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.

    a cutting implement; a tool for cutting

  2. (UK, uncountable, usually)Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.

    a cutlery set

    This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.

    Essbesteck, Besteck

    столо́вые прибо́рыstolóvyje pribóry, прибо́рыpribóry

    столо́ві прибо́риstolóvi prybóry

  3. (uncountable, usually)The business of a cutler.

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Dirty cutlery goes into that container.

  2. Cutlery is kept in these drawers.

    ruСтоловые приборы хранятся в этих ящиках. — carlosalberto

    deDas Besteck ist in diesen Schubladen. — Waldelfe

  3. Clean all the cutlery.

  4. I've brought my own cutlery.

  5. This cutlery is silver.

    Ці столові прибори - серебро. — deniko

    deDas Besteck ist aus Silber. — Melang

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
eating and serving utensils:
Русский
By meaning 1
eating and serving utensils:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
eating and serving utensils:

Origin

From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French cou

From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).

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Forms

plural: cutleries
Singularcutlery

uncountable

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tableware implements for cutting and eating food:eating utensil
  • a cutting implement; a tool for cutting:cuttercutting tool

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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