servings

noun

plural of serving
as in bites

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Recent Examples of servings For beer, that generally means one to two 12-ounce servings a day for men and one 12-ounce serving a day for women. — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026 Restaurant portions and even homemade servings can often triple a standard serving without realizing it. — Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025 These come with two servings in a box (two egg bites per serving), in Uncured Bacon & Gruyère or Egg White & Roasted Red Pepper. — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servings
  1. bites
  2. snacks
  3. lunches
  4. dinners
  5. gulps
  6. tastes
  7. breakfasts
  8. teas
Noun
  • The room grew louder as cocktails were refreshed and guests swapped favorite bites.
    — Karen Yuan, Vogue, 3 July 2026
  • But while sharks are commonly found in the waters off the United States, shark bites are rare, experts say.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • The interior also comes with a cotton liner, which will be much easier to spot-clean should your cosmetics or snacks leave a stain.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • Two days before National HIV Testing Day, the Empowerment Resource Center’s mobile outreach team gathered in the parking lot of a Midtown Walgreens, blasting music and serving snacks.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of snacks
Noun
  • Changes to school lunches These school nutrition directors were surveyed in October 2025, and since then, additional factors may threaten the robustness of school lunch programs.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Those types of lunches were later served on lunch wagons and, finally, in restaurants like Ono Hawaiian BBQ.
    — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2025
Definition of lunches
Noun
  • People toasted to them — and other national heroes like George Washington and France's Marquis de Lafayette — at the parades and dinners that took place in towns across the country.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 1 July 2026
  • Usha Vance revealed that the couple likes to do dinners together or take long walks with their dog.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of dinners
Noun
  • But in 2019, the group started to tighten the energy efficiency standard in gulps.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Iraqis breathed a few gulps of freedom before secular warfare between Sunni and Shia militias began tearing the country apart.
    — Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of gulps
Noun
  • The second film was a bit too bloated for my tastes and one that didn’t add much to what came before.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
  • Karlsson, however, knows the tastes of the dressing room.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • The menu includes United Kingdom staples such as shepherd’s pie and giant breakfasts that feature black pudding — a fancy word for a savory sausage mixed with blood.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 July 2026
  • My favorite dining experience however remained our in-room breakfasts, set up by the window overlooking Waterloo.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
Definition of breakfasts
Noun
  • Specialty coffees and teas like Jasmine kalamansi green tea and roasted rice oolong milk tea with guava cheese foam will be available to drink.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026
  • Certain teas, including ginger and peppermint tea, can also help with digestion and ease unpleasant symptoms such as gas and bloating.
    — Rena Goldman, Health, 7 June 2026
Definition of teas

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