family style
adverb or adjective
: with the food placed on the table in serving dishes from which those eating may help themselves
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Morton's The Steakhouse is offering family style sides to go to complement your Thanksgiving turkey.
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Entrees included filet mignon, fish and pasta, served family style.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
The meal would have been served family style, with many dishes laid out on the table all at once, next to their accompanying sauces and jellies.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Serve family style and pass the tapenade alongside.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
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Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Entrees included filet mignon, fish and pasta, served family style.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
The meal would have been served family style, with many dishes laid out on the table all at once, next to their accompanying sauces and jellies.
—Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Serve family style and pass the tapenade alongside.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for family style
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“Family style.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20style. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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