server
noun
serv·er
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Definition of server
1
: one that serves food or drink
2
: the player who serves (as in tennis)
3
: something used in serving food or drink
4
: one that serves legal processes upon another
5
: the celebrant's assistant at mass
6
: a computer in a network that is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or the routing of e-mail) to other computers in the network
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Examples of server in a Sentence
She asked our server for another glass of wine.
we had barely finished ordering when the server brought our salads
Recent Examples on the Web
The servers are very knowledgeable and happy to guide you through Chinese tea culture. — Gerry Frank, oregonlive.com, "These 2 gardens offer a tranquil escape right in Portland: Gerry Frank’s picks," 18 Aug. 2019 The second, larger stage of the work got a boost when Connecticut Innovations, the state’s quasi-public business investment agency, arranged a waiver of $55 million in sales tax on servers and other equipment for the data center. — Don Stacom, courant.com, "Fuel cells could be moved into New Britain in 2020 as data center plan accelerates," 30 July 2019 The city will buy the cameras’ server and cables separately and on its own from Lake Erie Electric, a designer and provider of electrical systems headquartered in Westlake, for $20,171. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, "Brecksville buys 32 new security cameras for community, human services centers," 30 July 2019 To gear up for opening day, Proue said House of Wong is currently hiring including cashiers, hosts, servers and dishwashers. — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, "House of Wong sets opening date for its new digs," 22 July 2019 But a power cut to Econet’s servers is no mere outage. — Farai Shawn Matiashe, Quartz Africa, "A power outage and mobile money blackout expose the vulnerability of Zimbabwe’s economy," 21 July 2019 Each is a large campus with servers and networking equipment that make all of our products, like Gmail and YouTube, possible. — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, "Google's Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt Is Making Data Centers More Efficient," 18 July 2019 Images of the vehicle are then uploaded to the company’s Amazon Web Services cloud server and the data collected from the image becomes part of a searchable database. — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, "Denver-area neighborhoods are installing license plate readers to record every vehicle that passes by," 9 July 2019 The menu also is heavy on Spanish without full translations, but servers were helpful in explaining dishes. — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, "Review: Dr. Limon in Hallandale Beach is Peruvian cure for summertime blues," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'server.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for server
server
noun
English Language Learners Definition of server
US
: a person who brings your food and drinks at a restaurant : a waiter or waitress
: the main computer in a network which provides files and services that are used by the other computers
: the player who begins play in tennis, volleyball, etc., by serving the ball
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