cutlery

[ kuht-luh-ree ]

/ ˈkʌt lə ri /

cutting instruments collectively, especially knives for cutting food.

utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.

the trade or business of a cutler.

Origin of cutlery

1300–50; Middle English cutellerie < Middle French coutelerie; see cutler, -y³

He then turns his attention to the silverware and cutlery before him.

Contemporary One-Act Plays |Sir James M. Barrie
Bed and table linen, cutlery, and a few of the more personal furnishings the student brings himself.

An American at Oxford |John Corbin
The frauds committed in the tanning of skins, and in the manufacture of cutlery and jewelry, exceed belief.

A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons |Fredrick Accum
The more delicate kinds of cutlery were either made in the capital or brought from the Continent.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay

Cutlery and tools were the great features, but later there grew up a special branch known as "steel toys."

Chats on Old Sheffield Plate |Arthur Hayden

cutlery

/ (ˈkʌtlərɪ) /

implements used for eating, such as knives, forks, and spoons

instruments used for cutting

the art or business of a cutler