- implements used for eating, such as knives, forks, and spoons
- instruments used for cutting
- the art or business of a cutler
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cut•ler•y /ˈkʌtləri/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- cutting instruments when thought of as a group, esp. utensils used at the table for cutting and eating food.
cut•ler•y
(kut′lə rē),USA pronunciation n.
- cutting instruments collectively, esp. knives for cutting food.
- utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- the trade or business of a cutler.
- Middle French coutelerie; see cutler, -y3
- Middle English cutellerie 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cutlery /ˈkʌtlərɪ/ n
'cutlery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bottom drawer
- canteen
- cutler
- dishwasher
- dry up
- -ery
- hardware
- hope chest
- pattern
- place setting
- plate
- setting
- Sheffield
- silver
- Solingen
- stainless steel
- towel
- washing-up
- wash up
- bistoury
- canterbury
- glaze
- lap
- whetstone