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Noun

S: (n) article (nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication)

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S: (n) article (one of a class of artifacts) "an article of clothing"

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S: (n) article of commerce (an article that is offered for sale)

S: (n) tinware (articles of commerce made of tin plate)

S: (n) breakable (an article that is fragile and easily broken) "pack the breakables separately"
S: (n) knickknack, novelty (a small inexpensive mass-produced article)
S: (n) notion ((usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items) "buttons and needles are notions"

S: (n) ribbon (notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming)

S: (n) riband, ribband (a ribbon used as a decoration)

S: (n) ware (articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software')

S: (n) article of commerce (an article that is offered for sale)

S: (n) tinware (articles of commerce made of tin plate)

S: (n) metalware (household articles made of metal (especially for use at table))

S: (n) tole (enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century) "the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing"

S: (n) tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))

S: (n) chopstick (one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with)
S: (n) crockery, dishware (tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively)

S: (n) chinaware, china (dishware made of high quality porcelain)

S: (n) willowware, willow-pattern (chinaware decorated with a blue Chinese design on a white background depicting a willow tree and often a river)

S: (n) cup (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle) "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing"

S: (n) beaker (a cup (usually without a handle))
S: (n) chalice, goblet (a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup)
S: (n) coffee cup (a cup from which coffee is drunk)

S: (n) demitasse (small coffee cup; for serving black coffee)

S: (n) Dixie cup, paper cup (a disposable cup made of paper; for holding drinks)
S: (n) grace cup (cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal)
S: (n) kylix, cylix (a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece)
S: (n) mustache cup, moustache cup (a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink)
S: (n) scyphus (an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base)
S: (n) teacup (a cup from which tea is drunk)

S: (n) dish (a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food) "we gave them a set of dishes for a wedding present"

S: (n) bowl (a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods)

S: (n) cereal bowl (a bowl for holding breakfast cereal)
S: (n) finger bowl (small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table)
S: (n) mixing bowl (bowl used with an electric mixer)
S: (n) porringer (a shallow metal bowl (usually with a handle)) "the child was eating pottage from a porringer"
S: (n) punch bowl (a large bowl for serving beverages; usually with a ladle)
S: (n) salad bowl (a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad)
S: (n) slop basin, slop bowl (a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table)
S: (n) soup bowl (a bowl for serving soup)

S: (n) butter dish (a small dish (often with a cover) for holding butter at the table)
S: (n) casserole (large deep dish in which food can be cooked and served)

S: (n) cocotte (a small casserole in which individual portions can be cooked and served)

S: (n) coquille (a dish in the form of a scallop shell)
S: (n) gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat, boat (a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce)

S: (n) argyll, argyle (a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm)

S: (n) Petri dish (a shallow dish used to culture bacteria)
S: (n) ramekin, ramequin (a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions)
S: (n) serving dish (a dish used for serving food)

S: (n) tureen (large deep serving dish with a cover; for serving soups and stews)

S: (n) sugar bowl (a dish in which sugar is served)
S: (n) watch glass (laboratory glassware; a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker)

S: (n) eggcup, egg cup (dishware consisting of a small cup for serving a boiled egg)
S: (n) ovenware (heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served)

S: (n) cutlery, eating utensil (tableware implements for cutting and eating food)

S: (n) fork (cutlery used for serving and eating food)

S: (n) carving fork (a large fork used in carving cooked meat)
S: (n) salad fork (a fork intended for eating salads)
S: (n) tablefork (a fork for eating at a dining table)
S: (n) toasting fork (long-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire))

S: (n) spoon (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)

S: (n) dessert spoon (a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon)
S: (n) runcible spoon (a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear)
S: (n) soupspoon, soup spoon (a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup)
S: (n) sugar spoon, sugar shell (a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell)
S: (n) tablespoon (a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving)
S: (n) tea maker (a covered spoon with perforations)
S: (n) teaspoon (a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram)

S: (n) iced-tea spoon (a teaspoon with a long handle)

S: (n) wooden spoon (a spoon made of wood)

S: (n) Spork (trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon)
S: (n) table knife (a knife used for eating at dining table)

S: (n) butter knife (a small knife with a dull blade; for cutting or spreading butter)
S: (n) case knife (a metal blade with a handle; used as cutlery)
S: (n) fish knife (a small table knife with a spatula blade used for eating fish)
S: (n) steak knife (a sharp table knife used in eating steak)

S: (n) dinnerware (the tableware (plates and platters and serving bowls etc.) used in serving a meal)
S: (n) flatware (tableware that is relatively flat and fashioned as a single piece)

S: (n) plate (dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten)

S: (n) dessert plate (a small plate on which dessert can be served)
S: (n) dinner plate (a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal)
S: (n) paper plate (a disposable plate made of cardboard)
S: (n) salad plate, salad bowl (a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad)
S: (n) soup plate (a deep plate with a wide rim)
S: (n) steel plate (a plate of steel)

S: (n) platter (a large shallow dish used for serving food)
S: (n) saucer (a small shallow dish for holding a cup at the table)

S: (n) glassware, glasswork (an article of tableware made of glass)

S: (n) crystal (glassware made of quartz)
S: (n) cut glass (glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets)
S: (n) glass (glassware collectively) "She collected old glass"
S: (n) Venetian glass (fine glassware made near Venice)

S: (n) gold plate (tableware that is plated with gold)
S: (n) service, table service (tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table)

S: (n) dinner service, dinner set (a table service for serving dinner)
S: (n) place setting, setting (a table service for one person) "a place setting of sterling flatware"

S: (n) silver plate (tableware that is plated with silver)
S: (n) silverware (tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel)

S: (n) flatware, silver (silverware eating utensils)
S: (n) hollowware, holloware (silverware serving dishes)

S: (n) tea service, tea set (a set of china or silverware for serving tea)

S: (n) woodenware (ware for domestic use made of wood)

S: (n) wooden spoon (a spoon made of wood)

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S: (n) article, clause (a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will))

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part holonym

S: (n) document, written document, papers (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

derivationally related form

S: (n) article ((grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase)

Verb

S: (v) article (bind by a contract; especially for a training period)