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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

Every dinner service that I’m in the kitchen, I’m trying to impart whatever knowledge I have.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

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

Then, there are the valet stands that magically sprout from the ground at the start of dinner service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

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

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2023

We were between the lunch and dinner shifts, so the place was empty except for a few cooks preparing for dinner service.

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

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