Meaning & use
crockery
Plates, cups, bowls, and other dishes used for serving or eating food, especially made of earthenware or china.
See it in a sentence
She carefully unpacked the crockery from the moving boxes, checking each plate for cracks.
The wedding registry included a full set of matching crockery for the new apartment.
A note on using this word
Crockery is mainly a British English term for what Americans more often call 'dishes' or 'dishware.'
Words with a similar meaning
dishestableware
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