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Tableware

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Formal Table Setting | Tableware Vocabulary Words in English

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🍽Tableware Vocabulary for ESL Kids | Let's Set the Table

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Tableware | The Cadence collection

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Tableware are the dishes or dishware used for setting a table, serving food and dining. It includes cutlery, glassware, serving dishes and other useful items for practical as well as decorative purposes. The quality, nature, variety and number of objects varies according to culture, religion, number of diners, cuisine and occasion. For example, Middle Eastern, Indian or Polynesian food culture and cuisine sometimes limits tableware to serving dishes, using bread or leaves as individual plates. Special occasions are usually reflected in higher quality tableware.
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