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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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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

It’s empty inside E3 Chophouse a few hours before dinner service on a recent afternoon, but outside the blare of passing police cars keeps interrupting Jason Aldean as he sits on the restaurant’s rooftop patio.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2023

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

From Salon Jul. 22, 2023

It wasn’t just a cutlery switch; the whole dinner service was altered in a single swoop.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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