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Definition of Tupperware™ noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Tupperware™

noun
 
/ˈtʌpəweə(r)/
 
/ˈtʌpərwer/
[uncountable]
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  1. plastic containers used mainly for storing food
    CultureWhen Tupperware was first introduced in the 1950s, the company that made it paid people to hold 'Tupperware parties' in their homes, to which they invited friends and offered to sell them Tupperware goods.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTupperware™ is used before these nouns:
    • container
    • party
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    Word Origin1950s: from Tupper, the name of the American manufacturer, + ware.
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