Definitions for Server

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Server serv·er

Spelling: [sur-ver]

IPA: /ˈsɜr vər/

Server is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in Server (eerrsv).

Definitions for Server

noun

1. a person who serves.
2. a person who waits on tables; a waiter or waitress.
3. something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver.
4. a broad fork, spoon, or spatula for dishing out and serving individual portions of food, as vegetables, cake, or pie.
5. Ecclesiastical. an attendant on the priest at Mass, who arranges the altar, makes the responses, etc.
6. (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play.
7. a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network. Compare client (def 5), file server.

Origin of Server

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at serve, -er¹

Examples for Server

The server said the kitchen staff was exclusively black, but that the “front of house” staff was about half black, half white.

Having offered to act as server, Pierre repeated the "Confiteor."

Before dishes are put on, the Steward enters first, then the server.

Then the server would respond by echoing, “Got it, the secret word is 'Mendax'.”

“This machine is a server, do not power it down,” the message reads.

In this clip, she is infuriated over a server touching her wine glass with her thumb, and gives her a piece of her mind.

The ball is then put in play by the server, who may hit the ball but once.

“Many chains have nutrition info on their menu, Web site or available from your server if you ask,” says Dubost.

The priest closed his book and went off, followed by the server.

A "fault" is the failure of the server to send the ball into the proper court.