dinner service


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dinner service

n
(Ceramics) a set of matching plates, dishes, etc, suitable for serving a meal to a certain number of people
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Noun1.dinner service - a table service for serving dinnerdinner service - a table service for serving dinner  
table service, service - tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table
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Translations

dinner service

nservizio da tavola
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D'Artagnan glanced at the dinner service. The plate was magnificent, old, and appertaining to the family.
Martha had, in fact, hurried back after she had removed the dinner service.
The dinner service was of plain white earthenware; the soup, made after the traditions of the late cure, was the most concentrated kind of broth that was ever set to simmer by any mortal cook.
It was his own fault; but it was a china plate, the last of the dinner service that had belonged to his grandmother, old Vixen Tod.
Then he looked about for something to pour the soup into; Dantes' entire dinner service consisted of one plate -- there was no alternative.
It began its life as a daytime cafe but then extended its offering to an evening dinner service.
Meanwhile, a magnificent silver dinner service, right, was commissioned from Storr by the people of Liverpool for presentation to Sir John Gladstone (1764-1851) father of Prime Minister William Ewart, in 1824 to celebrate the former's role in the promotion of trade and commerce in the city.
05:00pm - I start prepping for my return to the hotel for the evening dinner service.
The winning team participates in indoor skydiving, while the losing team prepares for the dinner service. Later, both teams struggle to finish the dinner service and are forced to work together.
The William IV silver dinner service, which is estimated to sell for around PS10,000-PS15,000, will be auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions' Donnington Priory saleroom on Wednesday, February 26.