waitress

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Thân thiện

A waitress brings a plate of food to a table.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A woman whose job is to serve customers at their tables in a restaurant or café: A female worker who takes orders and brings food and drinks.

2. Verb:

   • To work as a waitress: To perform the duties of serving customers in a restaurant or similar establishment.

Examples of Usage

• Noun: The waitress brought our menus and took our drink order.She worked as a waitress to pay for her college tuition.

• Verb: She waitressed at a diner all summer.Before becoming a chef, she waitressed in several high-end restaurants.

Advanced Usage

• "to waitress one's way through college": To work as a waitress to earn money to pay for one's university education.

Variants and Related Words

• Waiter (n): A man whose job is to serve customers at their tables.
• Waitstaff (n, collective): The group of people who serve customers in a restaurant; servers.
• Server (n): A gender-neutral term for a person who serves food and drinks.

Synonyms

• Server: A person who serves food and drinks.
• Attendant: A person employed to provide a service to the public, often in a specific place.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Wait on / Wait upon (someone): To serve someone, especially as a waiter or waitress.

Related Idioms

Học thuật

Noun

1. a woman waiter

Verb

1. serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant
   • I'm waiting on tables at Maxim's

Từ đồng nghĩa

• wait