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servery

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A service-room; a room from which to serve (something).

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  • noun chiefly UK A place where food is served, either the surface itself or the room; a food counter or canteen/cafeteria service area.

Etymologies

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serve +‎ -ry (“place of”)

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Examples

  • The Council of Graduate Schools has conducted a servery foreign students admission into various colleges in US for graduate programmes.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • The Council of Graduate Schools has conducted a servery foreign students admission into various colleges in US for graduate programmes.

    Fewer Indians applying for studies in US: Survey 2009

  • So I get off my horse and go to the groom of the servery and tell him that his master, and I, and the guard are going on a journey and we will need food and drink.

    The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010

  • When some part of our body is ailing seriously, we are going to lose competitiveness, equally, when some part of a nation is ailing servery, it is going to loose competitiveness, too.

    Is The White House Ready To Ditch Republicans And Turn to Reconciliation? 2009

  • The servery is state of the art with the majority of the cooking done at open stations within view of the students.

    Liz Neumark: Kaleidoscope in Maine 2009

  • One of the new laws of nature I discovered: If there are any condiments, of any kind, on any surface besides the ones they are meant to be on (food, or servery dishes), they WILL end up on my clothes.

    March 22nd, 2007 zhukora1 2007

  • Princeton's new $136 million dorm, according to BusinessWeek, has "triple-glazed mahogany casement windows made of leaded glass" and "the dining hall boasts a 35-foot ceiling gabled in oak and a 'state of the art servery,'" whatever a servery is.

    Crimson in Clover 2007

  • Sylvana was seated at the kitchen servery, focused on feeding herself a stack of pancakes dripping with maple syrup.

    The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride Darcy, Emma 2006

  • ‘I wonder why,’ flipped off her tongue as she passed the kitchen servery on her way to the front door.

    The Playboy Boss's Chosen Bride Darcy, Emma 2006

  • Linen on all the tables, drinks servery arranged on the long tiled outdoor sideboard and cutlery station beneath the apricot tree.

    What I cooked last night. 2004

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