SALVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salver mean? 

• SALVER (noun)
  The noun SALVER has 1 sense:

1. a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver

  Familiarity information: SALVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("salver" is a kind of...):

tray (an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food)

 Context examples 

Mrs. Hudson had appeared with a lady’s card upon her salver.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But straightway they all plunged into politics, varied by the drinking of sweet maraschino, which a footman brought round upon a salver.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He indicated a heavily sealed dust-covered bottle which stood with two high glasses upon a salver.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No one said anything, till Laurie, who insisted on serving the bride, appeared before her, with a loaded salver in his hand and a puzzled expression on his face.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Du Guesclin gazed round the tapestried room, at the screens, the tables, the abace, the credence, the buffet with its silver salver, and the half-circle of friendly, wondering faces.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Indeed it is Julia Mills, peevish and fine, with a black man to carry cards and letters to her on a golden salver, and a copper-coloured woman in linen, with a bright handkerchief round her head, to serve her Tiffin in her dressing-room.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A card had come up on a salver, and it was followed by the same bearded ruffian who had attacked me in the street.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)