Tupperware

See also: tupperware

English

A piece of Tupperware.

Etymology

Tupper +‎ -ware. The product was invented in 1942 and named after Earl Tupper, who invented it and founded the company that produced it.

Proper noun

Tupperware

  1. A corporation producing plastic containers often used for food storage.

Noun

Tupperware (countable and uncountable, plural Tupperware or Tupperwares)

  1. A plastic container, or a set of such containers, produced by this corporation, or (by extension) any similar container.
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Tupperware.

Synonyms

  • {{l|en|plastic]] [[container}}
  • {{l|en|food]] [[container}}
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