buffetnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊf.eɪ/us/bəˈfeɪ/a meal where people serve themselves different types of food:
Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
UK a restaurant in a station, where food and drinks can be bought and eaten
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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Restaurants & cafes
buffetverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbʌf.ɪt/us/ˈbʌf.ɪt/(of wind, rain, etc.) to hit something repeatedly and with great force:
The little boat was buffeted mercilessly by the waves.
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- prevailing
- sigh
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- westerly
- wind gauge
- windsock
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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding