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 Definitions of server  [ˈsɜr vər]  

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Definition of 'server' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) server
a person who serves.

2.  server
a person who waits on tables; waiter or waitress.

3.  server
something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver.

4.  server
a utensil, as a broad fork, for dishing out individual portions of vegetables, cake, pie, etc.

5.  server
an attendant on the priest at mass.

6.  server
(in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play.

7.  server
a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'server' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) waiter, server
a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)

2. (noun) server
(court games) the player who serves to start a point

3. (noun) server, host
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

4. (noun) server
utensil used in serving food or drink


Definition of 'server' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) server
a person who serves you in a restaurant
I'll be your server tonight.


Definition of 'server' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) server
one who serves

2. (noun) server
a tray for dishes; a salver


Definitions of 'server' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  server
A kind of daemon that performs a service for the requester and which often runs on a computer other than the one on which the requestor/client runs. A particularly common term on the Internet, which is rife with web servers, name servers, domain servers, ‘news servers’, finger servers, and the like.


Translation of 'server' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (usually in plural) a utensil used in serving food
salad servers.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: opdienlepel Arabic flag Arabic: طَقْم من الآنية تُسْتَخْد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: поднос
Brazilian flag Brazilian: utensílio Czech flag Czech: servírovací mísa German flag German: das Servierbesteck
Danish flag Danish: bestik; -bestik Greek flag Greek: σκεύος σερβιρίσματος (πλη Spanish flag Spanish: cubierto de servir
Estonian flag Estonian: serveerimisnõud Farsi flag Farsi: قايق مخصوص Finnish flag Finnish: ottimet
French flag French: couvertà servir Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָגַש Hindi flag Hindi: परोसने के लिए उपयोग में ल
Croatian flag Croatian: poslužavnik, plitica Hungarian flag Hungarian: tál Indonesian flag Indonesian: peralatan makan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: áhöld til að skenkja; spa Italian flag Italian: posate Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 요리를 먹는 그릇 및 기구 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įrankis valgiui įdėti į l Latvian flag Latvian: paplāte
Malay flag Malay: sudu garpu Dutch flag Dutch: opscheplepel Norwegian flag Norwegian: serveringsbestikk
Polish flag Polish: sztuciec Persian flag Persian: قايق مخصوص Pashto flag Pashto: خدمت كوونكى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: utensílio Romanian flag Romanian: tavă Russian flag Russian: лопаточка и вилка
Slovak flag Slovak: servírovací vozík Slovenian flag Slovenian: servirni pribor Serbian flag Serbian: poslužavnik
Swedish flag Swedish: bestick Thai flag Thai: สิ่งที่ใช้ในการเสิร์ฟอาหา Turkish flag Turkish: çatallı kaşık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 上菜用的托盤 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: посуд Urdu flag Urdu: کھانا پروسنے کے برتن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khay bưng thức ăn Chinese flag Chinese: 托盘

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servant  servant's entrance  serve  serve up  serve well  server  serviceability  



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