Words / B1

TUP-uh-wair/ˈtʌpəweə/

Tupperware began as a brand; in UK kitchens it often means any plastic food box with a lid (like hoover for vacuum). Lunchbox is usually what you take to school or work; tupperware is the family of boxes in the cupboard. Often used as uncountable or with a: some tupperware / a tupperware. Capital T is the brand.

Meaning

Plastic boxes with lids for storing food (often uncountable; originally a brand).

Examples

• “Put the leftover pasta in a tupperware in the fridge.”
• “Stack the tupperware by size or the cupboard will not close.”
• “The soup is in a tupperware on the middle shelf.”

Good to know

tupperware (often generic in UK). Close: a plastic box / a lunchbox. Originally a brand.

Near in meaning

plastic box

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