If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware?

Question

If a fork were made of gold would it still be considered silverware?

Answer 1

no,,it would be  gold flatware.

Answer 2

Yes.  Silverware refers to any kind of fine eating utensils, dishes, cups, etc..

Answer 3

Maybe, or maybe it'd be more proper to call it 'flatware'.

Answer 4

no.

its fine china

Answer 5

No, it wold be a utensil, or, gold flatware, like the other person said.

Answer 6

No. Flatware. Eating utensils. Place settings, etc.

Answer 7

This is the correct answer:

Flatware.

Plastic, Gold, Aluminum etc: Not Silverware

Answer 8

i would call it flatware!  do you call plastic utensils silverware?

Answer 9

SIlverware has become the generic term for cutlery.

None were actually made from silver, just plated.

Answer 10

You hurt my brain

Answer 11

yes, silverware can be wood, plastic, stone, anything.

Usually gold is for caviar.

Answer 12

Hello.

Silvervvare has novv been a term for tablevvare/utensils. Some might still consider it and call it silvervvare, depending on hovv they are vvith vvords, terms and such. If you had only gold utensils and told someone vvho knovvs this, as a family member, to pass some silvervvare, they vvould knovv vvhat you meant (hopefully). Grammatically correct it may be vvrong. Informally, most people should understand vvhat you mean if you vvould use such a vvord.

Thus as indicated, to some it is considered silvervvare, and to others not. There is no "correct" form: it's all about the agreement of the vvords and the definition of such vvords vvhich makes it "proper".

Hope that helps. Take care.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is vvhat the vvorld calls vvisdom.

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Answer 13

unfortunately it would still be classed as silverware