cutlery
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/
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/ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/ · /ˈkʊt.lə.ɹi/
Definition of cutlery
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(US, uncountable, usually)Sharp cutting utensils.
“Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.”
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noun
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(US, uncountable, usually)Sharp cutting utensils.
“Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.”
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(UK, uncountable, usually)Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
“a cutlery set”
“This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.”
- (uncountable, usually)The business of a cutler.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).
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