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stemware
This term specifically targets the category of glassware designed with a foot and a stem, such as wine glasses, champagne flutes, or cocktail coupes. It carries a connotation of elegance and formality, typically associated with fine dining, professional hospitality, or specialized collections. It is rarely used to describe everyday drinking vessels like tumblers or mugs.
Grammatically, this is a mass noun. Because it is uncountable, it cannot be pluralized as stemwares. To refer to individual items, speakers must use partitive constructions such as a piece of stemware or a set of stemware.
Meanings
Examples
Please be careful when handling the crystal stemware.
We need to order more stemware for the corporate gala.
The waiter carefully arranged the stemware on the white tablecloth.
The store sells a wide variety of high end stemware.
He accidentally knocked over a piece of expensive stemware.
He accidentally knocked over a piece of expensive stemware.
The banquet hall was filled with shimmering stemware and silver platters.