Dining utensils (7)
I believe the answer is:
cutlery
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dining utensils</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cutlery that I've seen before include "Eating implements" , "Knives, forks, etc" , "Eating utensils" , "Knives, forks and spoons" , "Eating irons" .)