serviette
noun
a table napkin.
serviettes
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pluralof serviette.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I took the imperative “there should be napkins, too, real ones” seriously and raided the nearby Goodwill’s linen section, lucking into a dozen identical crisp white serviettes.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
She pulled out one of the two paper serviettes from the chrome clip on the table and smoothed it like a mini funeral shroud.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2013
Batey once asked: "When you're having a meal at home and there's no one else around, just you and your wife, do you always have serviettes, sometimes have serviettes, or never have serviettes?"
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013
For example, no use of restaurant serviettes when made from linen.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2010
She’d put out our best tumblers for drinks and folded up paper serviettes into them so that each one stood up over the glass rim like a mitre, our school emblem.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
