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
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Noun
  • Silverstone also included photos of their group rafting, swimming and jumping into water from cliffs, and yummy vegan-friendly plates of food and a relaxing bath.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This 750 mL bottle makes a handsome Christmas gift and would be perfect with a plate of cookies.
    Em Sauter, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The forms are deceptively simple — a designer will spot the genius in them, but a layperson may not understand why pedestrian objects like a toaster, egg cup or sink may merit inclusion in a museum show.
    Rima Suqi, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Even drinking a very small amount of tea—one cup or less per day—was linked with a 9 percent lower risk of head and neck cancers overall, and a 27 percent lower risk of hypopharyngeal cancer.
    Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Last, but not least, were the snack trays with Crunch n' Munch, crackers, cookies and Cheez Whiz.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The trays were sold at Ralph's stores in California and Smith's stores in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • For teams participating in late bowl games, like the Huskies, players have an additional five days after their final game to decide to enter.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • These teams last met in a bowl in the 2010 Insight Bowl.
    Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • My mom brought the tablecloth and asked the waiter to set it on our table for dinner.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Construction worker, gardener, waiter, painter, realtor — these are the jobs Mardoel Hernandez has held as a Honduran immigrant living in the U.S. for over 20 years.
    Nidia Cavazos, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Juno & The Peacock Just a short stroll from The Vinoy, this Beach Drive newcomer has a lively patio scene and does decadent raw bar platters, dry-aged steaks, and flatbreads.
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Additionally, a 12 Days of Cheese sampler platter, which includes four cheese varieties paired with sour cherry and fig spreads and Taza Chocolate will be available to purchase in stores for $39.99.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The server’s recommendation of Hakurakusei sake ($26 for a carafe, $52 for a bottle) was also a big hit at the table.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This would be about 36% of revenue at the consensus estimate for $80 billion, which pales in comparison to the 80% range Nvidia has, and AI server makers, with one expected to see up to 40% of revenue from AI next year.
    Beth Kindig, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Salver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salver. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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