waiter
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishOccupations, Foodwaiterwait‧er /ˈweɪtə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
BODFa man who serves food and drink at the tables in a restaurantExamples from the Corpuswaiter• He'd been a waiter for twenty years-and this was the day he broke free. ext.• The House bill also excludes tipped workers, such as waiters who currently earn $ 2. 13 an hour.• A GOOD-LOOKING waiter produces a light.• Their black gowns flowed to the floor where they were frequently trampled underfoot by passing waiters.• A woman goes to a curry house and annoys the waiter.• No one said a word until the waiters wheeled in the centrepiece of the main course.• When the waiter had served our entrees, a lull settled in.
BODFa man who serves food and drink at the tables in a restaurantExamples from the Corpuswaiter• He'd been a waiter for twenty years-and this was the day he broke free. ext.• The House bill also excludes tipped workers, such as waiters who currently earn $ 2. 13 an hour.• A GOOD-LOOKING waiter produces a light.• Their black gowns flowed to the floor where they were frequently trampled underfoot by passing waiters.• A woman goes to a curry house and annoys the waiter.• No one said a word until the waiters wheeled in the centrepiece of the main course.• When the waiter had served our entrees, a lull settled in.- be iced over/up
- be iced up
- be ideally etc placed
- be ideally placed to do
- be ideally positioned
- be imagination
- be impaled on
- be impaled on something
- be implicated in
- be implicated in something
- be impossible etc to please
- be in (an) uproar
- be in (good) working/running order
- be in (too) deep
- be in a (pretty) pickle
- be in a bad etc place
- be in a bad mood
- be in a bad state of repair
- be in a bad temper
- be in a bad way
- be in a bad/foul temper
- be in a cleft stick
- be in a different league
- be in a dream world
- be in a fix