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Definition of Buffet

1. Verb. Strike against forcefully. "Winds buffeted the tent"

2. Noun. A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers.

3. Verb. Strike, beat repeatedly. "The wind buffeted him"

4. Noun. A meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves.

5. Noun. Usually inexpensive bar.

Definition of Buffet

1. n. 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.

2. n. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

3. v. t. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

4. v. i. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

Definition of Buffet

1. Noun. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. ¹

2. Noun. Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves. ¹

3. Noun. A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To strike or blow with a buffet or buffets. ¹

5. Noun. A low stool; a hassock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buffet

1. to hit sharply [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Buffet

1. 1. 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. "Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside." (Pope) 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. Origin: F. Buffet, LL. Bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. Fr. The same source as E. Buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff, hence (cf. Puffed up) the idea of ostentation or display. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffet

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Literary usage of Buffet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contemporary France by Gabriel Hanotaux (1907)
"Uncertain policy of M. buffet.—The Assembly adjourns from the 2oth March ... M. buffet and the Left.—The Organic Law on the relations between Public Powers ..."

2. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which ...by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"Combination Baggage and buffet Car, " Elwyn." Pennsylvania Railroad. ... Interior Views of buffet Smoking Compartment, Combination Baggage and buffet Car. ..."

3. Sunsetby Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1901)
"Composite buffet-Library Car, Fourteen Section Drawing Room Sleeping Car, ... ATLANTIC EXPRESS - Dally - Wide Vestibule buffet Sleeping Car San Francisco to ..."

4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"BY EDWARD P. buffet, JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, !f. J. DURING the past summer, as a result of the disclosure of a bad case of cribbing among Phillips-Andover ..."

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