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CUTLERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tableware implements for cutting and eating food
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 cutting
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)
