verb phrase · neutral
serve hot
UK/sɜːv hɒt/US/sɜːrv hɑːt/serve HOT
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to present or offer food while it is still hot
Examples
“Soups are usually served hot, not cold.”
“I mentioned that in my family we always serve hot meals for dinner.”
“The restaurant prides itself on serving food hot and fresh every time.”
Band 8 sentence
“In my opinion, a good café always tries to serve hot food promptly to customers.”
Collocations
- serve hot and fresh
- best served hot
Word family
serve verbserved adjective / verbserving noun / verb
Common mistakes
We serve the food hotly→We serve the food hot
The soup is best to serve hot→The soup is best served hot
Say it for a higher band
5serve warm→6serve fresh→7+serve hot
Synonyms
present hot
Easily confused
serve warm
“This pie can be served warm with ice cream, but the soup should be served hot.”
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