salver

noun

Definition of salvernext
as in plate

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Recent Examples of salver The salver, a formal tray with no handles, was added as an award in 1978. — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2026 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 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
  1. plate
  2. cup
  3. tray
  4. bowl
  5. waiter
  6. platter
  7. server
Noun
  • Adding to the effortlessness of my stay, silicone bibs, cups, spoons, and plates plus high chairs were provided immediately at every restaurant, and the diverse kids menu doesn’t consist of simply junk food and French fries.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • From a distance roughly equivalent to the size of the plates, two rough-textured, vaguely oblong stones lean toward them.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of plate
Noun
  • The sauce uses a cup of white wine, so there’s most of a bottle left to enjoy with dinner.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Using a coffee cup that Tanzer threw out, the investigators confirmed Tanzer’s DNA was found on Beatty’s dress.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of cup
Noun
  • Often, Shawn would stand in the doorway of his bedroom and watch the stranger eat off a tray balanced on his lap, arranging each mouthful of food on his spoon with great deliberation before bringing it to his mouth.
    — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing—not a human, not a cheese tray—was meeting its potential.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tray
Noun
  • Take oyakodon, a saucy chicken and egg rice bowl, or mapo tofu, where spicy tofu sings with ground meat.
    — Emily Laurence Sardinha, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This countertop-friendly frozen dessert machine features five delicious presets for ice cream, sorbet, gelato, smoothie bowls and frozen yogurt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bowl
Noun
  • A lot of the appeal of going to theaters is that the performance remains a mystery right up until showtime, a benefit that stealthy filming could threaten, said Bradley, a waiter and theatre director.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At the time they were cast in Heated Rivalry, Williams and Storrie were both working as waiters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of waiter
Noun
  • Pile them onto a platter with toothpicks, or put out slider buns and let people build their own.
    — Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Brownie Trio Fall Platter This fall brownie platter is perfect for a fall party or tailgate.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of platter
Noun
  • In March, a co-conspirator allegedly told a Malaysian official that the 27 servers had reached a Chinese buyer.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Expecting heavy traffic on the site, the archive has outsourced the database to external servers to avoid overloading its own.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of server

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