cutlery
n. uncountable B1 Intermediate US //ˈkətɫɝi// UK //kˈʌtləɹi// cut·lery
n. the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for eating and serving food.
n. knives, forks, and spoons used for eating or serving food. Often refers to the set of tools collectively rather than individual items.
Please put the clean cutlery back in the kitchen drawer.
The waiter arrived with fresh cutlery after we ordered our main courses.
In formal dining etiquette, the arrangement of cutlery follows a specific order, starting from the outside and moving inward with each successive course.
From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).
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I need to buy some new cutleries.I need to buy some new cutlery.Cutlery is uncountable and does not have a plural form.