BUFFET


Meaning of BUFFET in English

(~ed)

1.

A ~ is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.

...a ~ lunch...

N-COUNT: oft N n

2.

A ~ is a cafe, usually in a hotel or station.

We sat in the station ~ sipping tea.

N-COUNT: oft n N

3.

On a train, the ~ or the ~ car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. (BRIT; in AM, use dining car )

N-COUNT: usu sing

4.

If something is ~ed by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.

Their plane had been severely ~ed by storms...

Storms swept the country, closing roads, ~ing ferries and killing as many as 30 people.

VERB: be V-ed, V n

~ing (~ings)

...the ~ings of the winds.

N-COUNT

5.

If an economy or government is ~ed by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.

The whole of Africa had been ~ed by social and political upheavals.

VERB: be V-ed

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