salver

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Recent Examples of salver And maybe a butler is approaching with biscuits on a salver. Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table. Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021 The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn. Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018 A few minutes later, the valet came back with the same salver holding one cigarette. Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2018 Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island. Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 13 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for salver
Noun
  • That includes salad and dinner plates, serving platters, pie plates, bowls, and more.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Narváez, 26, has done an excellent job behind the plate with his pitch framing, blocking and game-calling.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The treble — a club winning their domestic league title, main domestic cup competition and the European Cup/Champions League — has happened 11 times, with Barcelona and Bayern Munich the only sides to do so more than once.
    Will Jeanes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Not only is this adorable beaded coffee cup a subtle nod to your caffeine habit, but its crafted with beautiful glass beads for a totally charm-ing vibe.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cutely line them up along the mantel with candles or lanterns, or add them to a nice tray with a few jack-o’-lanterns.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The board is crafted with 100 percent Acacia wood and measures 12 inches by 13 inches, which is big enough to use for a charcuterie tray or prepping ingredients for dinner.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Dig into these family favorites, from classic and comforting bowls of chili to tender and juicy roasts.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The kitchen staff will place food items on a platter, which a robot waiter will roll to the correct table.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Set the table with all greens, reds, or Gaines’ favorite, whites and blues, and this ceramic platter will still fit right in.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The dish, which is beg enough for two to share, comes with wafer thin Chinese pancakes and a platter heaped with romaine salad, sambals, herbs, wasabi kosho and yuzu.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The firm, regarded as a vital provider of servers essential for implementing Nvidia’s newest GPU chips, is facing challenges on two fronts.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of routing your traffic through a single server, your data travels through a secondary server to further obfuscate your activity.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Salver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salver. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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