Tupperware

See also: tupperware

English
A piece of Tupperware.

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Etymology

From Tupper +‎ -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark.

Noun

Tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares)

  1. A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.
    Synonyms: plastic container, food container
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware.

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