Buffet
Definition of Buffet
Buf`fet´ Pronunciation: bŭf´fĕt n. | 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. | | 2. | A counter for food or refreshments. | | 3. | A restaurant containing such a counter, as at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. | | 4. | A meal set out on a buffet[2], arranged so that guests may serve themselves and choose those items that they desire; as, a buffet dinner. Diners usually take a plate provided and move in a line past the items on the buffet[2], placing those items they desire on the plate, to be eaten at some convenient place. | | 1. | A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.When on his cheek a buffet fell. - Sir W. Scott. | | 2. | A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. | | 3. | A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. | v. t. | 1. | To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. | | 2. | To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. | | 3. | To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. | v. i. | 1. | To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. | | 2. | To make one's way by blows or struggling. |
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