salver
salver
Definition
sal·ver (sal′vər)
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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