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salver Definition

sal·ver (salvər)

noun

a tray on which refreshments, letters, visiting cards, etc. are presented

Etymology: altered < Fr salve < Sp salva, the testing of food by a taster, hence tray on which food was placed, salver < salvar, to taste, save < L salvare: see save

salver Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • engrave: At the dinner Philip was presented with a specially engraved silver salver.
  • present: Silver salver presented in 1991 by the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on the occasion of them receiving Honorary Citizenship of Skipton.
  • receive: Ron Evans, the Branch Chairman, received the silver salver on behalf of the Branch.
  • inscribe: It is sponsored by Roche Vitamins ( UK ) Ltd. and comprises an inscribed silver salver and a travel grant of £ 2000.
  • make: A silver salver made by Samual & Chas Young of Sheffield in 1824.

Adjective modifier

  • silver: Ron Evans, the Branch Chairman, received the silver salver on behalf of the Branch.
  • small: It quite filled the room with perfume as it lay upon the small salver.
  • large: Large salvers were called ' tables ' and would in many cases have been produced with a wooden table support.
  • commemorative: The winner keeps the Tom Sowerby Award trophy for a year and then receives a commemorative silver salver.

Noun used with modifier

  • silver: The winner will receive a cash prize, a trophy and their name engraved on a silver salver which they keep for a year.

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