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verb [I or T] (PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK) /sɜːv/
/sɝːv/ Definition
A2 to provide food or drinks: Do they serve meals in the bar? Breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 9.00. We arrived at the hotel and were served with champagne and canapés. All recipes in this book, unless otherwise stated, will serve (= be enough for) four to five people. [+ obj + adj ] Serve the tarts hot with custard or whipped cream.Providing and serving meals
(Definition of serve verb (PROVIDE FOOD/DRINK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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