<B>service board,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a small grooved, flat board with a handle, used in place of a serving mallet for winding a service on small rope. </DL>
<A NAME="servicebook">
<B>service book,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a book containing forms for divine service, as the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican churches. </DL>
<A NAME="servicebox">
<B>service box,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in handball, rackets, squash, and other enclosed court games) the designated area in which the server must stand when putting the ball in play. </DL>
<A NAME="servicecap">
<B>service cap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a military cap with a flat top and a visor, forming a standard part of the uniform of a serviceman. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceceiling">
<B>service ceiling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the height above sea level at which an airplane is unable to climb faster than 100 feet per minute. </DL>
<A NAME="servicecharge">
<B>service charge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a charge made for services given, such as delivery or extension of credit. <BR> <I>Ex. Revolving credit plans generally involve a service charge which is based on the monthly unpaid balance (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="serviceclub">
<B>service club,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a club formed to promote the interests of its members and of the community, such as Rotary or Kiwanis. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Especially U.S.) a recreation center for soldiers and sailors. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Especially British.) a men's club of members or retired members of the armed forces. </DL>
<A NAME="servicecommand">
<B>service command,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an administrative and tactical division of the U.S. Army corresponding to an area of the world or a section of the United States in which troops are located. </DL>
<A NAME="servicecourt">
<B>service court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in tennis, handball, or other court games) the space of an opponent's court into which the ball must be served. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceengineer">
<B>service engineer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an engineer employed by a company to install, service, and repair equipment which the company makes or sells. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceflag">
<B>service flag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a flag with a star for each member of a family, school, organization, or other group, serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Service flags with blue stars for soldiers in the service and gold stars for those who died in service were frequently displayed during World War II. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceindustry">
<B>service industry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any business, trade, profession, or organization that provides services to others instead of manufactured goods or agricultural products. Health-care and entertainment businesses, law firms and private colleges are service industries. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceline">
<B>service line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a line drawn across a tennis court parallel to the net and 21 feet away from it to mark off the service court. <DD><B> 2. </B>a corresponding line in handball, jai alai, or other court games, drawn parallel to the wall or board. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceman">
<B>serviceman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of the armed forces. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who maintains or repairs machinery or some kind of equipment. <BR> <I>Ex. an automobile serviceman.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="servicemark">
<B>service mark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mark or symbol used by a business or organization to distinguish its services from the services of others. <BR> <I>Ex. Service marks are to services what trademarks are to goods (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="servicemedal">
<B>service medal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a medal for military service in a particular campaign or period of service. </DL>
<A NAME="servicemodule">
<B>service module,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the unit or section of a spacecraft which contains the propulsion system and supplies most of the spacecraft's consumable elements, such as oxygen, water, and propellants. (Abbr:) SM (no periods). </DL>
<A NAME="serviceplate">
<B>service plate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large dinner plate to hold another plate of food during a course, or several courses, of the meal. </DL>
<A NAME="serviceroad">
<B>service road,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=access road.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>a road, generally paralleling an expressway, to carry local traffic and to provide access to adjoining property. </DL>
<A NAME="services">
<B>services, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>service</B> (1) (n. def. 4). </DL>
<A NAME="serviceside">
<B>service side,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in court tennis) the side of the court from which service is made. </DL>
<A NAME="servicestation">
<B>service station,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a place for supplying automobiles with gasoline, oil, water, and, usually, some parts and repairs; gas station; filling station. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where repairs, parts, and adjustments can be obtained for mechanical or electrical devices. </DL>
<A NAME="servicestripe">
<B>service stripe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a diagonal stripe worn on the left sleeve of a uniform, to show three years of service in the Army or four in the Navy. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small stripe or bar worn on the sleeve of railroad conductors or other uniformed employees to show the number of years of service. </DL>
<A NAME="servicetree">
<B>service tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a European, Asian, and African mountain ash tree bearing a small, pear-shaped or round fruit called the serviceberry, sorb, or sorb apple, that is edible when overripe. The service tree belongs to the rose family. <DD><B> 2. </B>a closely related bush or small tree, the wild service tree, bearing harsh, bitter fruit; checker tree or sorb. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=shadbush.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="servicewoman">
<B>servicewoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a female member of the armed forces. </DL>
<B>servient tenement,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a tenement which is subject to an easement in favor of a dominant tenement. </DL>
<A NAME="serviette">
<B>serviette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a table napkin. <BR> <I>Ex. His serviette was tucked under his chin (Arnold Bennett).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="servile">
<B>servile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>like that of slaves; mean; base. <BR> <I>Ex. servile flattery. I did not ... aim at gaining his favor by paying any servile respect to him (Benjamin Franklin).</I> (SYN) slavish, cringing, fawning, groveling. <DD><B> 2. </B>of slaves; having to do with slaves. <BR> <I>Ex. a servile revolt, servile work.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>fit for a slave. <DD><B> 4. </B>yielding, as through fear or lack of spirit. <BR> <I>Ex. An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) (of a people or state) politically enslaved. adv. <B>servilely.</B> noun <B>servileness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="servility">
<B>servility, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> attitude or behavior fit for a slave; servile yielding. <BR> <I>Ex. Arrogance and servility, the common products of ignorance (J. W. R. Scott).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="serving">
<B>serving, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of a person or thing that serves. <DD><B> 2. </B>a portion of food or drink served to a person at one time; helping. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) a material used for serving a rope or cable. </DL>
<A NAME="servingboard">
<B>serving board,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) service board. </DL>
<A NAME="servingmallet">
<B>serving mallet,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Nautical.) a mallet-shaped piece of wood, used for serving ropes. It has a groove on one side to fit a rope. </DL>
<A NAME="servingman">
<B>serving man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a male servant. </DL>
<A NAME="servite">
<B>Servite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mendicant friar or nun of a religious order founded in Italy in the 1200's, and following the rule of Saint Augustine. </DL>
<A NAME="servitial">
<B>servitial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with service, as that between servant and master or child and parent. </DL>
<A NAME="servitor">
<B>servitor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a servant; attendant. <BR> <I>Ex. My noble queen ... henceforth I am thy true servitor (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person in a shop of glass blowers who shapes the stem and base of a goblet. </DL>
<A NAME="servitorial">
<B>servitorial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a servitor. </DL>
<A NAME="servitorship">
<B>servitorship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position of a servitor. </DL>
<A NAME="servitress">
<B>servitress, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman servant or attendant. </DL>
<A NAME="servitude">
<B>servitude, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being a slave; slavery; bondage. <BR> <I>Ex. A disturbed liberty is better than a quiet servitude (Joseph Addison). (Figurative.) The Arabians ... tamely adopted the intellectual servitude of the nation which they conquered by their arms (William Whewell).</I> (SYN) enslavement, subjection. <DD><B> 2. </B>forced labor as a punishment. <BR> <I>Ex. The criminal was sentenced to five years' servitude.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) <DD><B> a. </B>the condition of property subject to a right of enjoyment possessed by some person other than its owner, or attaching to some other property. <DD><B> b. </B>such a right of enjoyment. </DL>
<A NAME="servo">
<B>servo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-vos,</B> adjective, verb, <B>-voed,</B> <B>-voing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B><B>=servomechanism.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=servomotor.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=servosystem.</B> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to a servomechanism, servomotor, or servosystem. <BR> <I>Ex. a servo component, servo feedback.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to control or assist with a servomechanism. <BR> <I>Ex. Their ingenious double-sided vacuum servo ... servos the brakes on and servos them (and the driver's foot) off (New Scientist and Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="servoassistedbrake">
<B>servo-assisted brake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) power brake. </DL>
<A NAME="servobrake">
<B>servo brake,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an automobile brake with shoes so connected that one shoe passes on the force exerted on it by the rotating drum to increase the action of the other. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=power brake.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="servocontrol">
<B>servocontrol, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the control of a process or operation by means of a servomechanism. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=servomechanism.</B> </DL>
