A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.
tupperware
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tupperware.
Editorial note
Buy a largish tupperware container, say 2-5 gallons, and wrap the sides and top--not the bottom--in insulating foam.
Quick take
A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tupperware gathered in one view.
(uncommon) Alternative form of Tupperware. [A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.]
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tupperware.
noun
A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of Tupperware. [A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.]
Example sentences
Buy a largish tupperware container, say 2-5 gallons, and wrap the sides and top--not the bottom--in insulating foam.
Imagine all the satellite engineers, dismayed that people use GPS to geocache junk in tupperware around the world.
It helps to use (almost) square tupperware containers (instead of circular ones) to maximize use of freezer space.
A tupperware party: Oedipa's social circle consists of housewives who lack financial independence or grand ambitions.
Will most people want to spend time finding out when they can get a set of five Tupperware containers for $30?
From reading the reviews, these things are basically tupperware with computer components in it.
We took a tupperware container filled with flour, tipped it back and forth until cracks appeared, and it produced 200 volts of charge.
Who cares if anyone bought a $14.99 Tupperware set for 40% off?
If I'll be short on time to cook, I make a big batch of stew or curry and tupperware it.
Lego was a huge one for me -- I loved having a giant tupperware box of random pieces and no instructions.
I put it in a Tupperware and let it loose in the yard.
I tried to mute it a bit by putting it in a huge tupperware-like under-bed storage box, but even that didn't help one bit.
Quote examples
@kadavy: Housewives have given away cookies and tea for free, and sold gazillions in tupperware and MLM products to their "friends".
Well "mystery mean navigation" refers to something specifically where there's little chance of understanding what the icons refer to without rolling over them, much like "mystery meat" in your fridge that you can't remember what it is without opening the tupperware.
Ala "I'm so overwhelmed with business at 30K per week....but would you like to buy some tupperware?" I understand the author is here, and hopefully people don't embarrassingly downvote this purely to try to act civil -- I think the embellishment is doing a massive disservice to the entire industry.
At the very least, this suffers from false equivalence: clearly "running betting pools" and "selling Tupperware or Avon" (!) are not in same class as "going to a medical or dental appointment" or "running to the cafeteria for a snack".
Proper noun examples
The ones that are too inept to use a regular knife for simple tasks, or put a lid on Tupperware.
(And if they don't, their friends will happily torment them for not being sufficiently brand-conscious.) > Custom Tupperware-like containers/boxes.
Tupperware tends to be plastic, the BBC article doesn't really mention if they tested different container materials with the same substrate.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tupperware in a sentence?
Buy a largish tupperware container, say 2-5 gallons, and wrap the sides and top--not the bottom--in insulating foam.
What does tupperware mean?
A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.
What part of speech is tupperware?
tupperware is commonly used as noun.