Converse of object

• ask: Or they ask the waiter to bring the menu.

• sing: Entertainment Coral pub lounge, equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment, dance floor and bar, and even singing waiters!

• tell: How do I tell the waiter I have a nut allergy?

• tip: It is customary to tip waiters 15 per cent of the bill.

• dress: Service is a delight from the black dressed waiters with their long white aprons.

• hire: Lupin insisted on having a hired waiter, and stood a half-dozen of champagne.

Converse of subject

• serve: Anyway, we had a lovely meal, served by a lovely waiter in a superb location.

Adjective modifier

• kilted: Enjoy exceptional entertainment with wine and a gourmet dinner served by our kilted waiters.

• dumb: Food prepared here can move easily to tables above and below via the dumb waiters.

• attentive: She seated herself at a small table alone, and an attentive waiter at once approached to take her order.

• rude: Quite fast, you catch the eye of one of the notoriously rude waiters, who will look you up and down and snap.

• Italian: I, mixed with an unknown Italian waiter - what am I?

• Spanish: That new Spanish waiter I was telling you about, Manuel, is bloody useless.

Modifies a noun

• service: Instead of waiter service, have a buffet bar.

Noun used with modifier

• cocktail: Sofas, table service, cocktail waiters and a DJ make it a great place for a couple of pre-club drinks.

• head: He was head waiter at St Andrews Golf Club Scotland.

• wine: On the next table the wine waiter is topping up glasses.

• comedy: Rachel Sylvester meets the comedy waiters paid to wreck your evening.

• restaurant: Robots take orders in restaurant Robot waiters are taking the orders in a restaurant in China.

Preposition: in

• restaurant: You should ask yourself how secure is handing your details to a waiter in a restaurant.