family style

  1. a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
  2. (served) in this way

See family style in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Of or being a sit-down meal where dishes of food are placed on the table from which diners serve themselves: a family style restaurant.
  2. Home-style.

Related Forms:

  • family style adverb
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