buffet1
/
ˈbʊfeɪ,
ˈbʌfeɪ/
n.
- a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves.
- a room or counter in a station, hotel, etc. selling light meals or snacks.
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(also buffet car)
Brit. a railway carriage selling light meals or snacks.
-
/also ˈbʌfɪt/
a piece of dining-room furniture with cupboards and open shelves for crockery.
Etymology
C18: from Fr., from OFr. bufet ‘stool’.
buffet2
/
ˈbʌfɪt/
v.
(buffets, buffeting, buffeted)
(especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently.
n.
- dated a blow.
- Aeronautics another term for buffeting.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. buffeter (v.), buffet (n.), dimin. of bufe ‘a blow’.
buffet3
/
ˈbʌfɪt/
n.
Scottish &
N. English a low stool or hassock.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. bufet, of unknown origin.