Serving

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: serv=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

Serving, a. & n. 

 a. & n. from Serve.  [1913 Webster]

Serving board (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. -- Serving stuff (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Serving, n. a quantity of food served to one person.

THESAURUS

Serving

accessory, acting, adjuvant, ancillary, antepast, assistant, assisting, attendant, attending, auxiliary, behavioral, course, cover, dessert, dish, entree, entremets, fostering, functional, functioning, gear, help, helping, inaction, instrumental, menial, ministerial, ministering, ministrant, nurtural, nutricial, operating, operational, performing, place, plate, portion, practicing, rig, rigging, ropework, roping, running rigging, second helping, service, servile, servitorial, standing rigging, subservient, subsidiary, tackle, tackling, waiting, whipping, working