Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - silverware

1. You can use silverware to refer to all the things in a house that are made of silver, especially the cutlery and dishes. There was a serving spoon missing when Nina put the silverware back in its box. = silver N-UNCOUNT 2. Journalists sometimes use silverware to refer to silver cups and other prizes won by sports teams or players. Everton paraded their recently acquired silverware. N-UNCOUNT