serving cart
- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪŋ kɑrt/
- US
:
carrito de servicio
- After the meeting, the team gathered around the serving cart to enjoy coffee and pastries.
Examples
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Lurch then lifts the tray onto a serving cart and rolls the cart out.
Fiction book (1991) -
He goes over to a coffee-serving cart sitting outside a meeting room.
Fiction book (1996) -
The little boy was then able to pick up pieces of dried fish from a serving cart and fill his pockets.
Fiction book (1992) -
"About time," Froud complained as I dived behind the dented serving cart, "I told you it was no job for a boy." Uncle Mac never said a word, just took the paper from my hand and started reading.
Fiction book (1999) -
In a frantic, comic moment, he pushes a small player piano around the stage while she attempts to keep a serving cart out of his reach: the sequence is to evoke "the movement of silent films" (22).
Academic text (1994) -
The shirts, in turn, disappeared behind the blue first-class curtain, and there were thumping sounds and the clatter of a serving cart, while a fearful gabble arose from the passengers still in their seats.
Fiction book (2002) -
The waiter pushed the serving cart filled with appetizers toward the guests at the party.
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She noticed that the serving cart was decorated with fresh flowers and elegant tableware.
Synonyms
297
1.0
A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
8
1.0
A cart on wheels used for carrying shopping or luggage
1
2.7
A small cart on wheels for serving tea, coffee, or light food
1
3.7
A small cart on wheels used to serve tea and snacks
1
3.2
A small cart a waiter brings to show and serve cakes and desserts
A small table on wheels for serving tea and light food
A small cart on wheels used to serve tea and light food
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Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from 'serving' (to offer/present food or drink) modifying 'cart' (a wheeled vehicle), so the meaning 'a cart used to serve food and drinks' is directly derivable from the constituents. This purpose-modifier + noun pattern is common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Serving cart comes from the simple picture of a small wheeled cart that a waiter rolls to a table for serving food and drinks. So the name now means a small movable table on wheels used 'to serve' food and drinks.