Table Setting Vocabulary

noun household linen, such as tablecloths and napkins

• The fine dining restaurant uses only the best napery for their tables.
• I need to buy some new napery for our dinner party next week.
• I spilled my drink all over the napery, oops!
• The napery of her words was delicate and refined, like a carefully set table.

noun a plural noun referring to a collection of pots or containers

• The chef carefully arranged the ingredients in the acepots before starting the cooking process.
• I always make sure to wash the acepots thoroughly before using them for cooking.
• Hey, can you pass me the acepots? I need to mix the ingredients for the cake.
• Her mind was like a collection of acepots, each holding a different memory or thought.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• After the dinner party, guests were served an elegant after-dinner cup of coffee.
• Let's grab an after-dinner cup of tea at that new cafe down the street.
• I could really go for an after-dinner cup of joe right about now.
• As the meeting ended, they raised an after-dinner cup to celebrate their success.