buffet
Speech parts
1. buffet - Noun
2. buffet - Verb
Meaning
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.
A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
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.
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
To make one's way by blows or struggling.
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Winds buffeted the tent
The wind buffeted him
“Above all things, people like meaty, cheesy potatoes and lots of it,” says Allison Kenninger, manager of the Kringen Klub for Fargo’s Sons of Norway, which recently held a hotdish buffet that featured seven different dishes.
A buffet dinner is included with a cash bar.
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A dining room where people love to gather and enjoy the buffet table or sample from the menu is what has made Cutts popular for decades.