mealware

English

Etymology

From meal +‎ -ware.

Noun

mealware (uncountable)

1. Utensils for holding, cooking, or serving a meal.
   • 1970, John Jakes, Six-Gun Planet, Warner Books, published 1978, →ISBN, page 25:

     The waitress started to remove the mealware.

   • 1982, Ivan Doig, The Sea Runners, Atheneum, →ISBN, page 242:

     The slender man hoisted the mealware from the coals and set it to the ground. “Food,” said Karlsson.

   • 1994, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Chodo Cross, transl., Master Dogen’s Shobogenzo, book 1, Dogen Sangha, published 2006, →ISBN, page 117:

     When lay people go to a place of [practicing] the truth, they should be equipped with the three Dharma-robes, a willow twig, rinsing water, mealware, and a sitting cloth; […]

   • 2001, Christopher Metzger, Silent Rebellion, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 189:

     After Shorty set the items on the ground, he reached for the metal sliding door to retrieve the previous day’s mealware.