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Look up: buffet

  1. buffet
    [n] - a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 2. [n] - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room 3. [v] - strike against forcefully 4. [v] - strike, beat repeatedly
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. buffet
    assortment of foods, offered on a table, self-served Category: General • an irregular oscillation of any part of an aircraft produced and maintained directly by an eddying flow Category: Physics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. buffet
    See COURT CUPBOARD
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  4. Buffet
    Buf·fet' (bof*fā') noun [ French buffet , Late Latin bufetum ; of uncertain origin; perhaps from the same source as English buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff , hence (cf. puffed up ) the idea of ostentati...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/109

  5. Buffet
    Buf'fet (bŭf'fĕt) noun [ Middle English buffet , boffet , Old French buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, from buffe blow, confer French bouffer to blow, puff; probably akin to English puff
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/109

  6. Buffet
    Buf'fet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Buffeted ; present participle & verbal noun Buffeting .] [ Middle English buffeten , Old French buffeter . See the prece...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/109

  7. Buffet
    Buf'fet intransitive verb 1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. « If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak. » 2.<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/109

  8. buffet
    1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc, a sideboard. 'Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside.' (Pope) ... 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. buffet
    counter 4 sideboard noun a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. buffet
    noun a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. buffet
    knock about verb strike against forcefully; `Winds buffeted the tent`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Buffet
    • (v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. • (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. • (n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. • (v. t.) To strike with the hand or...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. Buffet
    A sideboard without a hutch or storage cabinet on top.
    Found on http://www.artisansofthevalley.com/comm_

  14. Buffet
    A buffet is properly a cupboard, sideboard, or closet used to hold china, crystal, plate, and the like. The word is also very commonly applied to the space set apart for refreshments in public places, and to a spread of food from which diners serve themselves to a selection before going to eat elsew...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. buffet
    The forerunner of the sideboard, dating from the 16thC. It consists of two open shelves, sometimes with a small central cupboard in the upper tier. Court cupboards were popular again in the gothic revival of the early 19thC. See also court cupboard
    Found on http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-ter

  16. buffet
    low stool; a footstool. Now only Scottish and Northern English dialect. In the 15th century described as a three-legged stool, but now denoting in north of England a low stool of any kind. (Also buffett).
    Found on http://www2.shu.ac.uk/sfca/glossary.cfm

  17. Buffet
    :For the furniture of the same name, see Sideboard. A `buffet` is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners generally serve themselves. It is a popular method for feeding a large number of people with minimal staff. Buffets are offered at various plac...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffet

  18. Buffet
    (disambiguation) A `buffet` is a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves. `Buffet` may also refer to: People with the surname `Buffet`: See also:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffet



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