silverware 
☆ silver·ware (sil′vər wer′)
noun
- articles, esp. tableware, made of or plated with silver
- any metal tableware
silverware
n.
Common pieces of silverware include: knife, dinner knife, fish knife, steak knife, carving knife, butter spreader, butter knife, fork, salad fork, cold meat fork, cocktail fork, dessert fork, serving fork, tablespoon, soup spoon, dessert spoon, ice-cream spoon, slotted spoon, serving spoon, bouillon spoon, iced-tea spoon, coffee spoon, teaspoon, soup ladle, gravy ladle, berry server, jelly server, sugar spoon, sugar tongs, pastry server, pickle fork, oyster fork, grapefruit spoon, demitasse spoon, salt spoon, nutpick, spatula.
Converse of object
- win: Which player has won the most silverware in the English leagues?
- lift: Novice crews made a splash at the event, with two crews lifting the silverware.
- bring: We need to bring some silverware to Elland Road.
- claim: London Wasps won ugly to claim the silverware at Twickenham in the Powergen Cup Final on Sunday.
- add: The championships will be a further chance for the clubâs boxers to add yet more silverware to the bulging trophy cabinet.
- take: Recording a time of 14.33 Jo Atkinson and Teresa Roberts took the silverware in the women's senior 2 2x class.
Preposition: at
- end: So whoever wins this class will know they well and truly deserve the silverware at the end of the week.
Adjective modifier
- fine: Profile: For over three hundred years our silversmiths have manufactured the finest silverware from our facility in Sheffield.
- more: March 21st While the seniors were messing about on the Thames the junior squad were winning more silverware.
- major: Apart from their Heineken Cup-winning campaign of three years ago, Bath have failed to prosper in terms of capturing major silverware.
- first: The match comes just four days after Charlton and Arsenal contest the first silverware of the season in the Premier League Cup final.
- domestic: In what is the last season that domestic silverware has been lifted, Bath could have ended the season with nothing.
- national: Where do you think all the money from selling off the national silverware went?
Modifies a noun
- collection: I never thought a day would come when we'd beat a team with one of the biggest silverware collections in history.
- item: Vanessa also promises to be able to get hold of any silverware item not in stock.
- supplier: If you are looking for reliable silverware suppliers, you have come to the right source.
Preposition: in
- cabinet: The club's history has not been one of success - with no real silverware in the trophy cabinet.
Preposition: of
- season: The match comes just four days after Charlton and Arsenal contest the first silverware of the season in the Premier League Cup final.
Preposition: for
Browse dictionary entries near silverware
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