"silver service" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} silver service (uncountable)
  1. A style of catering where the food is delivered to the table on a platter held by the waiter and served to the customer's plate using a fork and spoon. Tags: uncountable Translations (style of food service): service à l'anglaise [masculine] (French), pelayanan langsung (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-silver_service-en-noun-iIe6-vP3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'style of food service': 70 30
  2. (by extension) Any service which is of especially good quality. Tags: broadly, uncountable
    Sense id: en-silver_service-en-noun-eqdc0mSY
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