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craft service

craft service noun: the department that provides food to workers, especially between meals.

Noun (1)

craft service (plural craft services)

  1. The department that provides food to workers, especially between meals.
    • Though the Craft Service Person works on set making food available to the crew and cast between meals, the Coordinator can be the one to hire this person.1997, Debora Patz, Surviving Production: The Art of Production Management for Film and Television, page 35
  2. Food and drinks made available to workers during film or television production.
    • Usually featuring an assortment of hot and cold drinks, fresh fruit, vegetables, candy, and snacks, craft services helps keep everyone going during long production days.2008, Jason Tomaric, The Power Filmmaking Kit, page 328
    • But a day or two to hang out on a pal's set, eat craft service and bask in the schadenfreude of their best friend's production nightmares? Who wouldn't want to do that?2016, Dan Mirvish, The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, pages 97–98
  3. The department that provides miscellaneous general services on the set.
    • On "Deadwood" there is a Craft Service guy who cleans up after the horses. [...] Now that's not the same guy who makes your sandwiches, but still it's a Craft Service person who specializes in keeping the set clean.2009, Paul Salamoff, On the Set: The Hidden Rules of Movie Making Etiquette, page sn

Noun (2) capitalized: Craft Service

Craft Service (plural Craft Services)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of craft service.

Forms of craft service

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alternative formCraft Service
alternative formcraft services
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Questions about craft service

What does craft service mean?
Craft service means the department that provides food to workers, especially between meals.
What part of speech is craft service?
Craft service is a noun.
What is the plural of craft service?
The plural of craft service is craft services.

Words near craft service in the dictionary

  1. craft centres
  2. craft fair
  3. craft knife
  4. craft knives
  5. Craft Masonry
  6. craft service
  7. craft services
  8. craft show
  9. craft store
  10. craft stores
  11. craftable

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