self-serve
adjective
: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
These hotels are surprisingly good—with fresh beds, flat-panel TVs, self-serve breakfast buffets and free wireless broadband.—
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What he’s been up to: Starbucks’s self-serve condiment bars are back, as are comfy chairs and ceramic mugs in some locations.
—Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The self-serve beer hall shuttered last month after a 10-year run.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Their company, Schack's Yaks, began putting in self-serve kayak kiosks in Kentucky four years ago with the first one along a creek in Augusta, Kentucky, about an hour southeast of Cincinnati.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The self-serve beer hall shuttered last month after a 10-year run.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Their company, Schack's Yaks, began putting in self-serve kayak kiosks in Kentucky four years ago with the first one along a creek in Augusta, Kentucky, about an hour southeast of Cincinnati.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-serve
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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