servings

noun

plural of serving
as in bites

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Recent Examples of servings These come with two servings in a box (two egg bites per serving), in Uncured Bacon & Gruyère or Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper. — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 29 May 2026 For beer, that generally means one to two 12-ounce servings a day for men and one 12-ounce serving a day for women. — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026 Restaurant portions and even homemade servings can often triple a standard serving without realizing it. — Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servings
  1. bites
  2. snacks
  3. lunches
  4. dinners
  5. gulps
  6. tastes
  7. breakfasts
  8. teas
Noun
  • Outside, the striped umbrellas and wicker bistro chairs on the sidewalk terrazzo are an easy invitation to aperitivo and small bites like truffle arancini.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their heat, produces an oral burning sensation that makes people pause longer between bites.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • Anne Hath-a-will and Anne Hath-a-way to enjoy theater snacks, just not the most iconic one.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 July 2026
  • The cafeteria-style trays and displays here are loaded with red-bean buns, bacon epi breads and other sweet and savory handheld snacks that’d fit right in at a park function.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 July 2026
Definition of snacks
Noun
  • Changes to school lunches These school nutrition directors were surveyed in October 2025, and since then, additional factors may threaten the robustness of school lunch programs.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Those types of lunches were later served on lunch wagons and, finally, in restaurants like Ono Hawaiian BBQ.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of lunches
Noun
  • At dinners, someone would mention a founder; nods were followed by anecdotes of a charming visionary.
    — Henrik Landgren, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • While hotel dinners are not usually my first choice in a great food city like Amsterdam, the leafy setting of the Garden Terrace made an evening of truffle flatbreads and scallop carpaccio worth staying in.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of dinners
Noun
  • But in 2019, the group started to tighten the energy efficiency standard in gulps.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Iraqis breathed a few gulps of freedom before secular warfare between Sunni and Shia militias began tearing the country apart.
    — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of gulps
Noun
  • The channel initially focused on rock music, reflecting both the tastes of its founders and the limited number of videos available.
    — Kara Rogers Britannica Editors July 21, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • Christie’s, as always, is willing to adapt to the tastes of their clients, but the auction house also has multiple strategies for wooing tech wealth and trying to convert them to fine art.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • Amanda and Isaac Toups’ nonprofit, Toups Family Meal, delivers free breakfasts and lunches to hundreds of children each week.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
  • That quickly expanded to include customized lunches and breakfasts that Shaw prepared and brought to the team facility each day during the season.
    — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of breakfasts
Noun
  • Specialty coffees and teas like Jasmine kalamansi green tea and roasted rice oolong milk tea with guava cheese foam will be available to drink.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026
  • Certain teas, including ginger and peppermint tea, can also help with digestion and ease unpleasant symptoms such as gas and bloating.
    — Rena Goldman, Health, 7 June 2026
Definition of teas

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