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Tupperware

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plastic container, food container

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Tupperware.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tupperware.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَافِظَة طَعَام — food-storage container
  • Arabic: تبرويرة (tabirwēra) — food-storage container
  • Arabic: تابروير (tābirwēr) — food-storage container
  • Finnish: rasia — food-storage container
  • French: tupperware — food-storage container
  • French: tupéroir — food-storage container
  • Greek: τάπερ (táper) — food-storage container
  • Portuguese: taparuere — food-storage container
  • Portuguese: tapoer — food-storage container
  • Portuguese: tupperware — food-storage container
  • Spanish: Tupperware — food-storage container
  • Sundanese: misting — food-storage container
  • Thai: ทัปเปอร์แวร์ (táp-bpə̂ə-wɛɛ) — food-storage container
  • Spanish: tupperware — Tupperware
  • Spanish: tupper — Tupperware
  • Spanish: táper — Tupperware
  • Spanish: túper — Tupperware
  • Spanish: tóper — Tupperware