silverware

[ sil-ver-wair ]

/ ˈsɪl vərˌwɛər /

articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.

Origin of silverware

First recorded in 1780–90; silver + ware¹

He chose a corner spare room with good ventilation, and put aside a spare set of sheets and silverware, just in case.

Apocalypse Now: Preppers Are Gearing Up for Ebola |Nina Strochlic |October 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Also, when they took all the silverware out of the restaurant.

Madalyn Starkey, ‘Dive Bar Girl,’ on Her Obama Photo That Went Viral |Brian Ries |April 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He then turns his attention to the silverware and cutlery before him.

Contemporary One-Act Plays |Sir James M. Barrie
The next spring Orm took the golden horn and the silverware to Drontheim, where no one knew him.

The Fairy Book |Dinah Maria Mulock (AKA Miss Mulock)

Oh, to think I'm to have my rings back, and Mrs. Basswood is to have her silverware!

Dave Porter At Bear Camp |Edward Stratemeyer
Even if silverware is not used, it tarnishes, especially in towns, because there is so much sulphureted hydrogen in the air.

Diggers in the Earth |Eva March Tappan
Silverware is cleansed by rubbing with a solution of sodium hyposulphite.

Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition |William N. Brown

silverware

/ (ˈsɪlvəˌwɛə) /

articles, esp tableware, made of or plated with silver