Buffet | Mean of buffet in English Dictionary

/bəˈfeɪ/

• Noun
• a meal for which different foods are placed on a table so that people can serve themselves
1. The restaurant offers a breakfast buffet.
2. There will be a cold buffet [=a meal of different cold foods set on a table] at the party.
3. He went back to the buffet table for a second helping.
4. a buffet meal/lunch/dinner
• a place in a train, a bus station, etc., where people can buy food and drinks
• a piece of furniture that is used in a dining room for holding dishes, silverware, etc.
• Verb

• to hit (something) with great force many times
1. The waves buffeted [=battered] the shore.
2. The strong winds buffeted the ship.
3. The island was buffeted by a tropical storm last month.
4. The city's schools are being buffeted by budget cuts.