server
Pluralservers
- 1Someone whose job is to bring food and drinks to people in a restaurant.
Like a helper who carries your food from the kitchen to your table.
Our server brought us menus and a jug of water.
She works as a server at a busy diner downtown.
Similarwaiter, waitress, waitperson
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- 3A program that gives services to other programs or devices, on one computer or across a network.
Like a waiter who brings whatever the customers ask for.
The server listens for requests and sends back the files each app needs.
When too many apps connect at once, the server slows down.
Similarservice
Oppositeclient
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- 4In tennis or volleyball, the player who hits the ball to start the play.
Like the person who starts a game by throwing the first ball.
The server tossed the ball high and hit it over the net.
As server, she scored three points in a row.
Oppositereceiver
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- 5An online space where members join to chat in different channels.
Like a clubhouse online where only members can come in and talk.
She joined a server for fans of the game.
Our study group has its own server with channels for each subject.
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- 6A large spoon used to put food onto plates.
She used a server to put rice on everyone's plate.
Hand me the server so I can fill the bowls.
- 7A flat tray used for carrying plates and dishes.
She carried the cups out on a silver server.
Put the dirty plates on the server by the door.
Similarsalver
- 8A person who helps the priest during a Christian church service.
Like a helper who stands beside the priest and passes things to him.
The young server lit the candles before the service began.
He acted as a server at church every Sunday.
Similaracolyte
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Origin
From Middle English servere, from the verb serve plus -er.