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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 tableplay

  Familiarity information: TABLE SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TABLE SERVICE (noun)


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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