tupperware

Origin
World English Dictionary
Tupperware (ˈtʌpəweə)
 
n
trademark a range of plastic containers used for storing food
 
[C20: Tupper, US manufacturing company + ware1]

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Tupperware is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Main Entry:  Tupperware
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a trademarked type of plastic tight-sealing food container
Usage:  proprietary cooking
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Word Origin & History

Tupperware
1956, trademark (reg. U.S.), from Earl S. Tupper, president of Tupper Corp., + -ware. Patent claims use from 1950.
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