Emojion🍽️ fork and knife with plate
Meaning
In the U.S., usage spikes around Thanksgiving as a symbol of the communal dinner table. More broadly, it signals mealtime or dining out, and the formal table-setting design makes it a natural fit for restaurant posts and special dinners.
Keywords: cooking, dinner, eat, fork, knife, plate
How it's used around the world
United StatesUsage spikes noticeably around Thanksgiving, when it serves as a symbol of the family dinner table at America's biggest food-centered holiday.
💡 Did you know?
Approved in Unicode 7.0 (2014) and added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). The design mirrors a formal Western place setting — fork left, knife right, plate center — giving it a more "set table" feel than its plateless cousin 🍴.
💡 Did you know?
One emoji alongside a time and place does all the work of saying "let's go out for dinner."
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