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CUTLERY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tableware implements for cutting and eating foodplay

Synonyms:

cutlery; eating utensil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutlery" is a kind of...):

tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

Meronyms (parts of "cutlery"):

grip; handgrip; handle; hold (the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutlery"):

fork (cutlery used for serving and eating food)

spoon (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)

Spork (trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon)

table knife (a knife used for eating at dining table)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cutting implement; a tool for cuttingplay

Synonyms:

cutlery; cutter; cutting tool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutlery" is a kind of...):

cutting implement (a tool used for cutting or slicing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutlery"):

bolt cutter (an implement for cutting bolts)

cigar cutter (an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar)

die (a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods)

edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

glass cutter (a tool for cutting glass)

tile cutter (a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles)

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