Meaning & use

Hollowware

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Metal or ceramic tableware and vessels, such as bowls, pitchers, and teapots, that have significant depth or hollow capacity, as distinct from flatware.

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The silversmith specialized in hollowware, crafting elegant teapots and serving bowls.

The museum's collection included antique silver hollowware from the colonial era.

A note on using this word

Contrasted with 'flatware', which refers to flat utensils like knives and forks.

Words with an opposite meaning

flatware

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