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buffet

buf·fet
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [buhf-it]
    • /ˈbʌf ɪt/
    • /ˈbʊf.eɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [buhf-it]
    • /ˈbʌf ɪt/

Definitions of buffet word

  • countable noun buffet A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table. 3
  • countable noun buffet A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station. 3
  • countable noun buffet On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. 3
  • verb buffet If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. 3
  • verb buffet If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them. 3
  • noun buffet a counter where light refreshments are served 3

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Origin of buffet

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old French buffe a blow + -et -et

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Buffet

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

buffet popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

buffet usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for buffet

verb buffet

  • clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
  • batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
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  • pummel — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.

Antonyms for buffet

verb buffet

  • praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • pull — pull media
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
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