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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Cook is regularly spotted walking the halls of Apple Park or grabbing lunch at one of Apple’s Caffè Mac cafeterias.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
An insidious bullying tactic is creeping into school cafeterias across the country: Kids are snapping and sharing photos of other students eating lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
At UC hospitals, union members work in cafeterias, as radiology technologists, nurse’s aides and patient transporters, among other roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 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
I slept with blacks in the same dormitory, ate meals with them in the same cafeterias.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
