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SELF-SERVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("self-service" is a kind of...):
service (the performance of duties by a waiter or servant)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
self-service (the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria))