🇬🇧🇨🇳 tableware - 餐具 : English Lesson

Meaning of "tableware" ("餐具"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Tableware means all the things you use on the table when you eat: plates for your food, bowls for your soup or cereal, cups and glasses for your drinks, and knives, forks, and spoons for cutting and eating. It can also include things like trays and serving dishes. Tableware is what helps you eat without using your hands like a hungry dinosaur.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I arranged the tableware into a smiley face, and now my plate looks happier than I do on Mondays.

I used so much tableware at dinner that the dishwasher asked for a vacation.

When I dropped my spoon, the rest of the tableware stared at me like, “Seriously, again?”

The tableware had a meeting and decided I am not mature enough for a glass cup.

Tableware used to be mostly made of wood or metal long ago.

Grandpa taught Lina to set the table. She placed four plates and her bright tableware, gently tapping the tableware, then cups, forks and a wooden spoon. He showed how each piece of tableware should sit straight. She smiled, proud to touch the old tableware he kept. At dinner, the family reached for the tableware and laughed; the lesson felt warm

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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