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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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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

The restaurant’s dinner service is about to wrap up, though the bar usually stays open until 1 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 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

In Kirkland, a Korean barbecue spot, Seoul Meat Co., opened in the Village at Totem Lake, open for daily dinner service.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2023

He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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