SELF-SERVICE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-service mean? 

• SELF-SERVICE (noun)
  The noun SELF-SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. the practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria)

  Familiarity information: SELF-SERVICE used as a noun is very rare.

• SELF-SERVICE (adjective)
  The adjective SELF-SERVICE has 1 sense:

1. of or denoting an establishment (a restaurant or shop etc.) where customers serve themselves

  Familiarity information: SELF-SERVICE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SELF-SERVICE (noun)

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)

• SELF-SERVICE (adjective)

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))