Definitions for cafeteria

cafeteria caf·e·te·ri·a

Spelling: [kaf-i-teer-ee-uh]
IPA: /ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə/

Cafeteria is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 343 anagrams from letters in cafeteria (aaceefirt).

Definitions for cafeteria

noun

  1. a restaurant in which patrons wait on themselves, carrying their food to tables from counters where it is displayed and served.
  2. a lunchroom or dining hall, as in a factory, office, or school, where food is served from counters or dispensed from vending machines or where food brought from home may be eaten.

Origin of cafeteria

1830-40, Americanism; American Spanish cafetería café, equivalent to Spanish cafeter(a) coffeemaker (French caf(f)etière; café coffee + -ière, feminine of -ier

Examples for cafeteria

The bell for lunch rings, and I slowly pull myself out of my desk and drag my feet down the hall toward the cafeteria.

They are cafeteria wise, they have a cafeteria class consciousness.

He hated to admit, as he stood there in the drizzle, his defeat by a cafeteria check.

Last October 28, after a cafeteria room prank, Martin abruptly left the team.

First gold medal of the Olympics won by U.S. in the Sliding Down Hill Behind the Dorm on cafeteria Tray event.

When I inquired, she told me that she hates the fact that in the cafeteria, white students rarely sit with black students.

Maybe Rutgers should add more vegan selections to its cafeteria fare.

Near noon he set himself to watch the entrance of the cafeteria.

Those who are cafeteria wise can choose a good meal for 28 cents or 33 cents at the most.

Half the compartments in the area were deserted, the men leaving for the cafeteria.

Word Value for cafeteria
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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