cutlery

From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/
• (foot-strut split) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊt.lə.ɹi/

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cutlery (countable and uncountable, plural cutleries)

2. A collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons.

   a cutlery set

   This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.

3. The business of a cutler.

• flatware
• silverware (US)
• see also Thesaurus:cutlery

• cutleryware

• cutlass
• cutler

• cruelty