(MEAL) [noun] [C] - a meal where people serve themselves from a variety of types of usually cold food and often eat standing upAre you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?(UK) A buffet is also a restaurant at a station, where food and drinks can be bought and eaten.(esp. UK) A buffet car on a train is a carriage where food and drinks can be bought.
BUFFET
Meaning of BUFFET in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012