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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Expect communal seating, a traditional menu, and plenty of self-serve cider from barrels.
—Michelle Arellano Martin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
This Sichuan-style hot pot spot features a self-serve station of marinated skewers, meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Nov. 2025
Some containers of milk in the self-serve refrigerator were dirty.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 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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Michelle Arellano Martin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
This Sichuan-style hot pot spot features a self-serve station of marinated skewers, meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Nov. 2025
Some containers of milk in the self-serve refrigerator were dirty.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 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 30 Nov. 2025.
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