cafeteria
noun
a restaurant in which patrons wait on themselves, carrying their food to tables from counters where it is displayed and served.
cafeterias
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pluralof cafeteria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Post-primary pupils face price rises of 19% on food they buy from school cafeterias, while pre-school prices will also go up.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
And it’s happening more frequently, as an increasing number of schools have slowly started to serve brand-name fast foods in their cafeterias.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
In many cases, both the chains and the institutions themselves profit from these deals, turning cafeterias and lobbies into a quiet engine of revenue.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2025
We’d aligned ourselves with different foundations and food suppliers to install six thousand salad bars in school cafeterias and were recruiting local chefs to help schools serve meals that were not just healthy but tasty.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
