Definitions for Buffet

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Buffet buf·fet

Spelling: [buhf-it]

IPA: /ˈbʌf ɪt/

Buffet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in Buffet (befftu).

Definitions for Buffet

noun

1. a blow, as with the hand or fist.
2. a violent shock or concussion.
3. a sideboard or cabinet for holding china, table linen, etc.
4. a meal laid out on a table or sideboard so that guests may serve themselves.
5. a counter, bar, or the like, for lunch or refreshments.
6. a restaurant containing such a counter or bar.

adjective

1. consisting of food, refreshments, etc., laid out on tables or buffets from which guests or customers serve themselves:

verb (used with object)

1. to strike, as with the hand or fist.
2. to strike against or push repeatedly:
3. to contend against; battle.

verb (used without object)

1. to struggle with blows of hand or fist.
2. to force one's way by a fight, struggle, etc.

Origin of Buffet

1175-1225; Middle English Old French buffe a blow + -et -et

Examples for Buffet

He had even the look of one who has received a buffet that he cannot return.

Nutritionist and trainers escorted players assigned to lose or gain weight to the buffet line and sat with them.

But at that moment Irma Becot appeared, and stopped in front of the buffet.

Setting my candle on the buffet, I opened one of the drawers.

Such is the buffet of delights served on an Oprah Winfrey press tour.

Alone in his office, Lee Gorman strode angrily to the buffet.

In the ensuing silence he repaired to the buffet and drank a glass of vodka.

I remember going to a rehearsal dinner that had lobster tail on the buffet and thinking that was decadent.

This CNN clip taken on a flooded street on Long Island serves up a buffet of buffoonery.

The winner will be announced and featured in an onstage discussion, which will be followed by a buffet supper and cocktails.