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BNC: 26852 COCA: 39683

salver

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salver /ˈsælvɚ/ noun
plural salvers
salver
/ˈsælvɚ/
noun
plural salvers
Learner's definition of SALVER
[count] chiefly British
: a tray that is used for serving food or drinks on formal occasions托盘(正式场合呈上食物和饮料用的大平底盘)
BNC: 26852 COCA: 39683

salver

noun

sal·​ver ˈsal-vər How to pronounce salver (audio)
: a tray especially for serving food or beverages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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

Word History

Etymology

modification of French salve, from Spanish salva sampling of food to detect poison, tray, from salvar to save, sample food to detect poison, from Late Latin salvare to save — more at save

First Known Use

circa 1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of salver was circa 1661
BNC: 26852 COCA: 39683

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