buffet

Definitions


[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


Phrases:

Origin:
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)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb), buffet (noun), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow’


[ˈbʌfɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a blow or punch



Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb), buffet (noun), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow’


[ˈbʌfɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a low stool or hassock


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French bufet, of unknown origin




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