ALL meanings of buffet
buf·fet
B b - 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
- noun buffet a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up 3
- noun buffet (as modifier) 3
- noun buffet a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc, and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves 3
- noun buffet a kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock 3
- verb buffet to knock against or about; batter 3
- verb buffet to hit, esp with the fist; cuff 3
- verb buffet to force (one's way), as through a crowd 3
- verb buffet to struggle; battle 3
- noun buffet a blow, esp with a fist or hand 3
- noun buffet aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows 3
- noun buffet Bernard (bɛrnar). 1928–99, French painter and engraver. His works are characterized by sombre tones and thin angular forms 3
- noun buffet a blow with the hand or fist 3
- noun buffet any blow or shock 3
- verb transitive buffet to hit with the hand or fist; punch; slap 3
- verb transitive buffet to beat back as by repeated blows 3
- verb transitive buffet to struggle against 3
- intransitive verb buffet to struggle or force a way by struggling 3
- noun buffet a piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards for dishes, table linen, silver, etc.; sideboard 3
- noun buffet a counter or table where refreshments are served 3
- noun buffet a restaurant with such a counter or table 3
- noun buffet a meal at which guests serve themselves from a buffet or table 3
- noun buffet meal: self-service 1
- noun buffet counter that serves light meals 1
- transitive verb buffet knock around 1
- noun buffet furniture 1
- transitive verb buffet assail 1
- noun buffet type of meal 1
- noun buffet hit, blow 1
- noun buffet aeronautics 1
- intransitive verb buffet push through crowd, etc. 1
- noun buffet a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc. 1
- noun buffet a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves. 1
- noun buffet a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments. 1
- noun buffet a restaurant containing such a counter or bar. 1
- verb with object buffet to strike, as with the hand or fist. 1
- verb with object buffet to strike against or push repeatedly: The wind buffeted the house. 1
- verb with object buffet to contend against; battle. 1
- verb without object buffet to struggle with blows of hand or fist. 1
- verb without object buffet to force one's way by a fight, struggle, etc. 1
- adjective buffet consisting of food, refreshments, etc., laid out on tables or buffets from which guests or customers serve themselves: a buffet supper; buffet service. 1
- noun buffet A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. 0
- noun buffet Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves. 0
- noun buffet A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. 0
- noun buffet A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind. 0