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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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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

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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