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[ˈbʊfeɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves
(e.g: a cold buffet lunch)
- a room or counter in a station, hotel, or other public building selling light meals or snacks
- a cabinet with shelves and drawers for keeping dinnerware and table linens; a sideboard
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Origin
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early 18th century (denoting a sideboard): from French, from Old French bufet ‘stool’, of unknown origin
[ˈbʌfɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently; batter
(e.g: rough seas buffeted the coast)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb), buffet (noun), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow’
[ˈbʌfɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a blow or punch
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Origin
:
Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb), buffet (noun), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow’
[ˈbʌfɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a low stool or hassock
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Origin
:
late Middle English: from Old French bufet, of unknown origin
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