Some dishware

Dishware is a general term for objects—dishes—from which people eat or serve food, such as plates and bowls. The term dinnerware is also often used, although the definition also sometimes includes cutlery. Such items are also commonly called china because they are often made of porcelain china, although glass and durable plastics such as Melamine are also often used. English muffins on plate A plate is a type of dishware, being a broad, concave but mainly flat vessel on which food is served. ... Bowl could relate to any of these : bowl - a vessel bowl - an unevenly-weighted black-coloured ball used to hit the jack in the game of bowls bowl - in cricket, the action of bowling performed by a bowler Super Bowl - the championship game of the National Football League Quizbowl - quiz... Starch-polyester disposable cutlery Cutlery refers to any hand utensil used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food. ... A rare Dresden porcelain figurine Porcelain is a type of hard semi-translucent ceramic generally fired at a higher temperature than glazed earthenware, or stoneware pottery. ... The materials definition of a glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. ... The term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic polymerization products. ... Melamine is a strong organic base with chemical formula C3H6N6, with the IUPAC name 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine. ...

Historically, dishes have also been made of wood, fired clay, and other materials.

For casual occasions, disposable dishware is made from paper or lightweight plastics.

List of dishware

• Plates, such as dinner plates, salad plates, or bread plates
• Bowls, including soup bowls, cereal bowls, or dessert bowls
• Teacups and saucers
• Sugar bowl and creamer
• Platter

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See also

• Eating utensil
• Cutlery
• Table setting
• Drinkware