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Buffet   /bˈəfət/  /bəfˈeɪ/   Listen
Buffet

noun
1.
A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers.  Synonyms: counter, sideboard.
2.
A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves.
3.
Usually inexpensive bar.  Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter.
verb
(past & past part. buffeted; pres. part. buffeting)
1.
Strike against forcefully.  Synonyms: batter, knock about.
2.
Strike, beat repeatedly.  Synonym: buff.



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"Buffet" Quotes from Famous Books



... these words, amidst the outcry made by the young, the second raven stooped at him, just as a falcon would at a heron, and it came so unexpectedly, that once more the point of the sword was ill directed, and a severe buffet of the bird's wing nearly sent ...
— The Black Tor - A Tale of the Reign of James the First • George Manville Fenn
... down (the HOST vainly endeavouring to interfere) and buffet him; as Sin-Despise draws his sword, the trumpets ...
— Cromwell • Alfred B. Richards
... he was delivered to their will—Judas may sell him; Peter may deny him; all his disciples forsake him; the enemy apprehends him, binds him, they have him away like a thief to Caiaphas the high-priest, in whose house he is mocked, spit upon, his beard is twitched from his cheeks; now they buffet him and scornfully bow the knee before him; yea, 'his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men' ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... closed when they reached it, and they drove on to the only other place where food could be bought past the hour of midnight—the station buffet. ...
— The Happy Foreigner • Enid Bagnold
... smiling. "Thank you very much, sleuth. I shan't forget you ... O'Hagan," Tossing the janitor the keys from his desk, "you'll find some—ah—lemon-pop and root-beer in the buffet, this officer and his friends will no doubt join you in a friendly drink downstairs. Cabby, I want a word with you.... Good ...
— The Brass Bowl • Louis Joseph Vance


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