salver
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- noun
- /ˈsæl.vɚ/
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bandeja
- Upon the baize-covered table beside him, a silver salver sat holding a decanter, glasses, and fragrant mint, for the Senator loved the beguiling sweetness of a mint julep at bedtime.
- a silver salver
Congress's hands them hands away powers on a silver salver.
- Congress's hands them hands away powers on a silver salver.
Examples
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The lieutenant expected someone to meet him at the door with a silver salver.
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Just then, I spied my scrambled eggs being carried to my table under a shining salver.
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The lieutenant expected someone to meet him at the door with a silver salver.
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You don't happen to have a silver salver, do you?
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A silver salver was held in his gloved left hand.
Fiction book (2002) -
His eyes came to rest on one of the footmen who was dispensing glasses of champagne from a silver salver, and his thoughts took a new direction.
Fiction book (1990) -
I watched as she brought in crystal bowls of nuts, silver salvers of pink mint roses, ordering them around the great icing-festooned cake in the center until the table was filled.
Fiction book (1995) -
He walked to the elegant Spanish table that sat against the wall in the entrance hall and placed the envelope onto the ancient silver salver that his butler, Quincy, cleaned every other day at one o'clock in the afternoon, without fail.
Fiction book (1999) -
Desmond raised a warning finger to his lips, and he and Molly moved carefully to a table on which had been set the gooseberry fool, a large Stilton almost entirely hollowed out, and a salver with a decanter of port.
Fiction book (1999) -
A white-frocked servant scurried up to the sofa with three champagne glasses tinkling on a salver.
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Etymology
The word salver comes from Spanish and Portuguese salva, which is linked to Latin salvus meaning 'safe', like the English word 'save'. A salva was a tray used to 'hold' things when serving, so a salver is a tray for presenting food or drinks.