buffet
/bəˈfeɪ/ noun B1- A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
- Food laid out in this way, for diners to serve themselves. · We'll be serving supper buffet style.
- A small low stool; a hassock.
Plural buffets
From the library
It was twenty past three when we reached our terminus, and after a hasty luncheon at the buffet we pushed on at once to Scotland Yard.
The question now is whether we should take a premature lunch here, or run our chance of starving before we reach the buffet at Newhaven.”
Other matches
Learn buffet in real texts
With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.