cafeteria
(kæfɪtɪəriə )
Word forms: cafeterias
countable noun B1
A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
Do you remember eating in your own school cafeteria?
Image of cafeteria
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Collocations:
cafeteria serves school cafeteria
An employee of a school cafeteria serves food to a student during lunch.
canada.com
The school cafeteria serves breakfast, lunch and snacks each day.
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The cafeteria serves lunch and supper to students and staff of the institution.
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Members - individuals, families, a foodbank and a school cafeteria - can take whatever they need: fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, eggs, grains, maple syrup, soap.
The Times Literary Supplement
I will treat you to bread at the school cafeteria if you want, so please come back then help yourself.
Times, Sunday Times
Do you remember eating in your own school cafeteria?
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What’s the appeal to them of working in a school cafeteria?
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Its aims include banning junk food from school vending machines and finding an extra $1 billion (670m) to improve school cafeteria menus.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 自助餐厅
Japanese: カフェテリア
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