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# waitress

noun (a waitress, waitresses)

«waitress» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life about cafés, diners and restaurants; often in maths word problems about bills and tips. Many places now use «server» or «waiting staff» for everyone. Phrases: «work as a waitress», «call the waitress», «tip the waitress».

### Examples

- The waitress brought us three glasses of lemonade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x1)
- My cousin works as a waitress on Saturdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x2)
- We thanked the waitress and left a tip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x3)
- The waitress wrote down our order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x4)
- Mum asked the waitress for the bill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x5)
- The waitress carried four plates at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x6)
- A waitress earns £8 an hour; how much does she earn in 5 hours? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/#x7)

### Note

Countable noun; plural «waitresses». Male form: waiter. Neutral forms: server, waiting staff. In the USA and Canada tipping (about a sixth to a fifth of the bill) is expected; in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand it is smaller or optional. In maths problems a "tip" is an extra amount added to the bill, often a percentage.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «waitress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waitress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«waitress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waitress.html) on Mova free.