buffet
1a variety of dishes presented in a line, from which diners in a restaurant serve themselves, usually at a fixed price regardless of how much one eats: The lavish all-you-can-eat buffet delivered a feast of salads, curries, pasta dishes, and sumptuous desserts for $40.
a restaurant where food is presented in this way: They own one of the best high-end buffets in the country.
a meal laid out on one or more tables so that guests may serve themselves.
a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc.
a wide variety of things to choose from: The school’s internet safety workshop contains a buffet of ideas for parents in the 21st century.
a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments.
a restaurant containing such a counter or bar.
consisting of food, refreshments, etc., laid out on tables or buffets from which guests or customers serve themselves: a buffet supper;buffet service.
Origin of buffet
1Other definitions for buffet (2 of 2)
a blow, as with the hand or fist.
a violent shock or concussion.
to strike, as with the hand or fist.
to strike against or push repeatedly: The wind buffeted the house.
to contend against; battle.
to struggle with blows of hand or fist.
to force one's way by a fight, struggle, etc.
Origin of buffet
2Other words for buffet
Other words from buffet
- buf·fet·er, noun
- un·buf·fet·ed, adjective
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How to use buffet in a sentence
Also, place hand sanitizer by any outdoor workstations or high-touch surfaces and at the end of the buffet line.
Plainly the modern menu of sound is a vast, all-you-can-eat buffet.
Please Get Your Noise Out of My Ears (Ep. 439) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe lamp is 24 inches tall and would work next to a bed, on a desk or on a dining room buffet.
Shopping with the pros: Annie Elliott shares her favorite items from Room & Board | Mari-Jane Williams | November 5, 2020 | Washington PostThe all-you-can-eat buffet brings out an exotic parade of creatures of various sizes, shapes and appetites.
Whales get a second life as deep-sea buffets | Stephen Ornes | October 15, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThe history of the buffet in America is a story of ingenuity and evolution.
Fast-Food Buffets Are a Thing of the Past. Some Doubt They Ever Even Existed. | MM Carrigan | September 29, 2020 | Eater
It has been subject to political sensitivities and soapbox rhetoric, buffeted by popular disbelief and official omertà.
A re-elected President finds himself buffeted by violence abroad and hostile political winds at home.
Beltway firms large and small have been buffeted by the sequester.
Booz Allen Keeps Winning Government Security Contracts After Snowden Leak | Filipa Ioannou | August 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the last scene, he uses his calculus of flow to rescue an Iraqi boy from a fast-moving, wind-buffeted river.
Joseph McElroy’s ‘Cannonball’ Is the Meta Iraq War Novel | Tom LeClair | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Czech government has been buffeted in recent months by a series of corruption scandals that have threatened to bring it down.
Czech Republic's President Might be Tried for Treason | David Frum | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThereafter we were buffeted like chips in the swirling maw of a whirlpool; we fought our way rod by rod.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairOff the coast of South Carolina they ran into a heavy storm, and the great ship creaked and groaned as it buffeted wind and wave.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterAll night the gale buffeted the high windows of the church, and howled over the upland and roared through the woodland.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) JamesBy this time the barque was being helplessly buffeted about amongst the reefs, a little less than a mile and a half from shore.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontHow gladly he would have seized this offer of a comfortable, luxurious home, after having been buffeted about the world so long!
File No. 113 | Emile Gaboriau
British Dictionary definitions for buffet (1 of 3)
(ˈbʊfeɪ) a counter where light refreshments are served
(ˈbʊfeɪ)
a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up
(as modifier): a buffet lunch
(ˈbʌfɪt, ˈbʊfeɪ) a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves
(ˈbʌfɪ) Scot and Northern English dialect a kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock
Origin of buffet
1British Dictionary definitions for buffet (2 of 3)
/ (ˈbʌfɪt) /
(tr) to knock against or about; batter: the wind buffeted the boat
(tr) to hit, esp with the fist; cuff
to force (one's way), as through a crowd
(intr) to struggle; battle
a blow, esp with a fist or hand
aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows
Origin of buffet
2Derived forms of buffet
- buffeter, noun
British Dictionary definitions for Buffet (3 of 3)
/ (French byfɛ) /
Bernard (bɛrnar). 1928–99, French painter and engraver. His works are characterized by sombre tones and thin angular forms
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