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dinner service

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The eatery is best known for its tableside pressed duck, which the chef prepares in a theatrical fashion during dinner service.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2026

And, since the pace of dinner service can depend on the restaurant’s staffing that evening, slower service forces guests to rush and finish their food, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 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

So what does he do after they have the first-class dinner service seated side by side?

From Salon Jul. 22, 2023

On the shelf below the baffle tray, she kept what was left of Mammachi’s willow-pattern dinner service.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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