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dinner service

British

noun

a set of matching plates, dishes, etc, suitable for serving a meal to a certain number of people

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dinner service

I sat out front through the whole dinner service.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Fearful she might accidentally break a dish, Ms. Gulati had not removed the dinner service from her attic in years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Should they reopen for dinner service, giving their team much-needed hours and offering the business a financial boost?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025

These are opulent occasions, with diplomacy fuelled by fine dining, using a 19th Century dinner service with more than 4,000 pieces.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023

After lunch the family dispersed while a few of us, like Martín and Mari, stayed behind to prepare for dinner service.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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