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# cutlery

«cutlery» in Mova's school dictionary: **the knives, forks and spoons you use for eating and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cutlery, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Cutlery is the knives, forks and spoons you use for eating and serving food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children set the table with cutlery and learn table manners: fork in the left hand, knife in the right (in the UK), or cutting and then switching (in the USA). In safety, sharp knives are handled with care. Phrases: set the cutlery, plastic cutlery, cutlery drawer, a piece of cutlery.

### examples

- Please put the cutlery on the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x1)
- The cutlery is in the top drawer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x2)
- We used plastic cutlery at the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x3)
- Wash the cutlery after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x4)
- Knives, forks and spoons are all cutlery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x5)
- Hold your cutlery properly at the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x6)
- A piece of cutlery fell on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural (some cutlery, a piece of cutlery). Mostly British; Americans often say «silverware» or «flatware». Spelling: cut-ler-y.

### In the corpora

- [Pizza, sandwiches, chips and chicken drumsticks are finger foods, and most other foods are eaten with cutlery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cutlery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cutlery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.