Look up: buffet

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   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
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   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
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   buffet
   See COURT CUPBOARD
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   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 ostentation or display.] 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 sideb ...
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   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 . For the meaning slap , blow , confer French soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See Puff ,
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   Buffet
   Buf'fet transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Buffeted ; present participle & verbal noun Buffeting .] [ Middle English buffeten , Old French buffeter . See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. « They spit in his face and buffeted him. < ...
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   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. To make one's way by blows or struggling. « Strove to buffet to land in vain. Tennyson. »
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   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 of public gathering. ... Origin: F. Buffet, LL. Bufe ...
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   buffet
   counter 4 sideboard noun a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
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    buffet
    noun a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
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    buffet
    knock about verb strike against forcefully; `Winds buffeted the tent`
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    Buffet
    A `buffet` is a meal serving system where patrons serve themselves. It is a popular method of feeding large numbers of people with minimal staff. The term is also used to describe a sideboard, an antique form of furniture which was sometimes used to offer the dishes of a buffet meal to guests, in a private home.
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    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 fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. • (...
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    Buffet
    A sideboard without a hutch or storage cabinet on top.
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