Definition of Place setting

1. Noun. A table service for one person. "A place setting of sterling flatware"

Exact synonyms: Setting
Generic synonyms: Service, Table Service
Derivative terms: Set

Lexicographical Neighbors of Place Setting

place holder
place in the sun
place kick
place kicks
place mat
place name
place names
place of articulation
place of birth
place of business
place of decimals
place of origin
place of worship
place on a pedestal
place one's cards on the table
place setting (current term)
place theory
place upright
place word
placeable
placeables
placebic
placeblog
placeblogs
placebo
placebo effect
placebo effects
placeboes
placebolike
placebos

Literary usage of Place setting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"General place setting. — So far as it follows the traditions of the epic, the novel is characterized by a broad spatial background. ..."

2. The Modern Teacher: Essays on Educatioal Aims and Methods by Archibald Watson Bain (1921)
"The " vegetation map " is thus to some extent a synthetic effort forming a valuable introduction to the study of the place-setting of human problems ..."

3. Memoir, Select Thoughts and Sermons by Edward Payson, Asa Cummings (1849)
"In the next place, setting the sinner's offences in order before him, ... In the third place, setting his sins in order before him. implies giving him a ..."

4. Teaching Young Children Ages 1-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans, Cindy Davis (2002)
"Set one place setting as a model. 2. Have the child duplicate the place setting. 3. Another day, repeat the activity, adding something new. ..."

5. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"General place setting. — So far as it follows the traditions of the epic, the novel is characterized by a broad spatial background. ..."

6. The Modern Teacher: Essays on Educatioal Aims and Methods by Archibald Watson Bain (1921)
"The " vegetation map " is thus to some extent a synthetic effort forming a valuable introduction to the study of the place-setting of human problems ..."

7. Memoir, Select Thoughts and Sermons by Edward Payson, Asa Cummings (1849)
"In the next place, setting the sinner's offences in order before him, ... In the third place, setting his sins in order before him. implies giving him a ..."

8. Teaching Young Children Ages 1-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans, Cindy Davis (2002)
"Set one place setting as a model. 2. Have the child duplicate the place setting. 3. Another day, repeat the activity, adding something new. ..."

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