Dishes and Silverware - Setting the table - English Vocabulary

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Dishes and Silverware - Setting the table

Learn the English vocabulary you need to talk about dishes and setting the table.

Collectively, all the items listed below, except for the table and chair, are considered "dishes." If I say, "Help me with the dishes: I'll wash and you dry," that means we will clean the plates, bowls, silverware, pots, and pans. However, dishes more specifically refers to those items that food is served on or in (plates and bowls).

DISHES
table	chair		silverware


knife	spoon		fork


place setting		place mat


napkin	plate		bowl


glass	wine glass		coffee cup


cup and saucer	saucer		steak knife