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TABLE SERVICE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does table service mean?
• TABLE SERVICE (noun)
The noun TABLE SERVICE has 1 sense:
1. tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Familiarity information: TABLE SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
service; table service
Hypernyms ("table service" is a kind of...):
tableware (articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "table service"):
dinner service; dinner set (a table service for serving dinner)
place setting; setting (a table service for one person)
Context examples
The table service is of gold, and so beautifully wrought that it must be of immense value.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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