servings

noun

plural of serving
as in bites

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Recent Examples of servings 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for servings
  1. bites
  2. snacks
  3. lunches
  4. dinners
  5. gulps
  6. tastes
  7. breakfasts
  8. teas
Noun
  • Steps away, Rainey Street is a compact strip freshly reimagined with towering residential high-rises, plus bars, music, and bites.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As the party winded down, guests plucked final bites off silver platters and marveled at how tall Skarsgård truly is in person—his nearly six-foot-five frame barely fit under the bar’s low ceilings.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of bites
Noun
  • Hidden at the back of the dining room, along the wall of Japanese pantry products and behind a display of snacks is a narrow display of bento.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The cafe, inside the gift shop, offers simple snacks, coffee, and sandwiches—best to skip it and dine elsewhere in the area.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 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
  • There were also frequent nine-course dinners with visiting students, research assistants, work colleagues, and neighbors.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For Hunt, these dinners act as an unhurried shelter for creative incubation.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 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 Credit Suisse findings suggest that what holds value isn’t luxury per se, but specific tastes.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Still, if Gen Alpha has similar tastes to Gen Z, the show will win over a new generation of kids while offering a Lisa Frank-esque idea of what high school could be.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of tastes
Noun
  • One woman wrote about the Easter egg hunts and breakfasts prepared by the men of the church.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Celebrities post their breakfasts, their skincare, their holidays and their Notes-app apologies.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Oct. 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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“Servings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/servings. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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