silverware

noun

sil·​ver·​ware ˈsil-vər-ˌwer How to pronounce silverware (audio)

Examples of silverware in a Sentence

The team has gone two seasons without winning any silverware. we keep the silverware in a separate drawer
Recent Examples on the Web An opportunity to demonstrate this is more than another run of positive results followed by a dip lies in the Carabao Cup Final where Chelsea has the opportunity to win silverware against Liverpool. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 The two teams arrive at the first major final of the season – the Carabao Cup is English football’s secondary cup competition after the FA Cup – after differing campaigns so far, to put it mildly, and silverware at this stage would be huge boost for both clubs – though for very different reasons. Matias Grez, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024 Ultimately, her babysitter made a total of $115 for four hours of babysitting, which included four extra tasks: cleaning the glass on a sliding door, toy and silverware drawer organizing, and vacuuming the couch. Kristina Behr, Parents, 15 Feb. 2024 On Monday afternoon in Studio City, yellow trucks from the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services lined Fryman Road, where a mudslide had coated the roadway in piles of mud, rocks, tree limbs and debris laced with silverware, tools, garden pots and books. Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024 Despite losing key players since then River Plate remain favourites for silverware this season but that is more down to a lack of competition than their own prowess. Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 Try to imagine a small-market baseball club gathering as much silverware as Reid’s Chiefs have. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 There, the women became much more to each other than roommates who share silverware and rotate chores. Rhaina Cohen, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024 The 44-year-old Xavi, whose only other coaching experience was in Qatar, has recognized that a season without silverware will likely be too much for even a club great and fan favorite like him to survive despite a contract through to the end of next season. Joseph Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

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

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