[ buh-fey, boo- or, especially for adjective,boo-fey; Britishbuhf-it ]
/ bəˈfeɪ, bʊ- or, especially for adjective, ˈbu feɪ; British ˈbʌf ɪt /
noun
a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc.
a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves.
a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments.
a restaurant containing such a counter or bar.
adjective
consisting of food, refreshments, etc., laid out on tables or buffets from which guests or customers serve themselves: a buffet supper; buffet service.
When we think of buffets, we tend to think of their 1980s and early ’90s heyday, when commercial jingles for Sizzler might have been confused with our national anthem.
Fast-Food Buffets Are a Thing of the Past. Some Doubt They Ever Even Existed.|MM Carrigan|September 29, 2020|Eater
A great gift for the hostess in your life, this wine rack also serves as a buffet style server, with a table top, storage shelves, space for 20 vertical bottles of wine, and hanging storage for wine glasses.
Wine bottle holders and racks that make sophisticated gifts|PopSci Commerce Team|September 29, 2020|Popular Science
Faced with an all-you-can-eat buffet, that’s exactly what a plant’s green body sets out to do.
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too - Issue 90: Something Green|Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery|September 23, 2020|Nautilus
This often means reducing capacities to earlier limits, or closing down a restaurant’s seated bar or buffet station.
Where Restaurants and Bars Are Closing Again Across the U.S.|Elazar Sontag|August 27, 2020|Eater
The antiquated system of waiting two weeks to be paid, sometimes with a paper check, now seems as outdated as office buffet lunches.
Research: Only 25 percent of professionals expect to be working from home long-term|DailyPay|August 17, 2020|Digiday
Nutritionist and trainers escorted players assigned to lose or gain weight to the buffet line and sat with them.
College Football Fattens Players Up and Then Abandons Them|Evin Demirel|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I remember going to a rehearsal dinner that had lobster tail on the buffet and thinking that was decadent.
Which of Kim Kardashian’s Weddings Was More Ridiculous?|Kevin Fallon|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such is the buffet of delights served on an Oprah Winfrey press tour.
Oprah Winfrey’s Fabulous ‘Butler’ Press Tour: The Best Moments (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|August 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This CNN clip taken on a flooded street on Long Island serves up a buffet of buffoonery.
Hurricane Sandy’s Biggest Idiots: Jet Skiing on the Hudson & More (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The winner will be announced and featured in an onstage discussion, which will be followed by a buffet supper and cocktails.
Newsweek & The Daily Beast-Open Hands Prize for Commentary|The Daily Beast|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
(He stands at the buffet, and placing before him first the macaroon): Dinner!
Cyrano de Bergerac|Edmond Rostand
In a short time he saw her drinking chocolate at the buffet with two gentlemen unknown to him.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6|Guy de Maupassant
He hath broken in upon our master's goods, and hath smitten me a buffet upon the ear, so that I thought I was dead.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood|Howard Pyle
Now he admits that he was drinking with her at the buffet at Laroche.
The Rome Express|Arthur Griffiths
Thorn fairly jumped away from the buffet and stood against bare wall.
The Radiant Shell|Paul Ernst
British Dictionary definitions for buffet (1 of 3)
buffet1
noun
(ˈbʊfeɪ) a counter where light refreshments are served
(ˈbʊfeɪ)
a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up
(as modifier)a buffet lunch
(ˈbʌfɪt, ˈbʊfeɪ) a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves
(ˈbʌfɪ) Scot and Northern Englishdialecta kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock
Word Origin for buffet
C18: from French, of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for buffet (2 of 3)
buffet2
/ (ˈbʌfɪt) /
verb-fets, -fetingor-feted
(tr)to knock against or about; batterthe wind buffeted the boat
(tr)to hit, esp with the fist; cuff
to force (one's way), as through a crowd
(intr)to struggle; battle
noun
a blow, esp with a fist or hand
aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows
Derived forms of buffet
buffeter, noun
Word Origin for buffet
C13: from Old French buffeter, from buffet a light blow, from buffe, of imitative origin
British Dictionary definitions for buffet (3 of 3)
Buffet
/ (Frenchbyfɛ) /
noun
Bernard (bɛrnar). 1928–99, French painter and engraver. His works are characterized by sombre tones and thin angular forms