Tupperware

[tuhp-er-wair]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for plastic containers, used especially for food preparation and storage.

Tupperware

/ ˈtʌpəweə /

noun

1. a range of plastic containers used for storing food

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tupperware¹

C20: Tupper , US manufacturing company + _ware ¹

Example Sentences

Once unpacked from their toolboxes and Tupperware, the supplies lay like a potluck spread, free for the taking.

From Los Angeles Times

On nearby benches, one person in scrubs and another in a reflective vest and hard hat ate their Tupperware lunches, like some kind of Village People reboot waiting to happen.

From Slate

There’s something about an icebox cake that feels like a relic from another life — one with hand-labeled Tupperware and block parties and the kind of ambition that fits in a 9×13.

From Salon

I’ve filled my kitchen with Pyrex instead of Tupperware.

From Slate

“She was really like my nonna. She was twenty years older than my mom and basically helped raise me. Her lasagna took three days to make. Literally. You’d hear these specific Tupperware containers coming out of the closet and think, ‘Oh my God, it’s lasagna.’

From Salon