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buffet

/ˈbʊfeɪ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
  2. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
  3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
  4. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
  5. To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
  6. To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
  7. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
  8. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
  9. A low stool; a hassock.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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