self-serve
adjective
: permitting or offering self-service
self-serve gas
a self-serve farm stand
These hotels are surprisingly good—with fresh beds, flat-panel TVs, self-serve breakfast buffets and free wireless broadband.—
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Most of these stores offer self-serve bakeries for shoppers to select their favorite sweet breads.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Amenities include a lively W XYZ Bar, a 24-hour self-serve eatery, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Many choose to tackle this brutal journey in two to three days, utilizing the Appalachian Mountain Club’s shuttle and huts along the way for snacks, water, self-serve coffee, and moments to soak it all in.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
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Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Amenities include a lively W XYZ Bar, a 24-hour self-serve eatery, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Many choose to tackle this brutal journey in two to three days, utilizing the Appalachian Mountain Club’s shuttle and huts along the way for snacks, water, self-serve coffee, and moments to soak it all in.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
Trying to feed more people faster, Bob put out self-serve condiments and handed out plain dogs for folks to fix up themselves.
—Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-serve
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“Self-serve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-serve. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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