silverware

noun

sil·​ver·​ware ˈsil-vər-ˌwer How to pronounce silverware (audio)
Synonyms of silverwarenext
1
: silver plate sense 1
2
: flatware

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The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware. we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
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Blackburn Rovers, Middlesbrough, Swansea City and Birmingham City, all now Championship clubs, have won silverware during Everton’s three barren decades. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Jose Mourinho returns to the Bernabeu thirteen years after his first spell ended, appointed to end a two-season trophy drought that cost Xabi Alonso his job in January and left Álvaro Arbeloa’s caretaker spell without a single piece of silverware. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 In 2016, 50 years on from its first win, a class win in the GTE-Pro category added some more silverware to the corporate display cabinet. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 Her mother brought along a trunk of dresses and silverware, but life on the farm did not afford a scope for luxury. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for silverware

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of silverware was in 1848

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“Silverware.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silverware. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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silverware

noun
sil·​ver·​ware -ˌwa(ə)r How to pronounce silverware (audio)
-ˌwe(ə)r
1
: tableware made of or plated with silver
2
: silver entry 1 sense 2c
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