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cafeteria
The definition of a cafeteria is a self-service restaurant where you select and pay for food yourself, or a dining area where meals can be purchased or brought from home.
(noun)The big room with a lunch line and tables where kids eat their lunches while at school is an example of a cafeteria.
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See cafeteria in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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noun
a self-service restaurant in which food is displayed on counters
Origin: AmSp, coffee store
adjective
allowing a choice from among several options: used chiefly to designate company benefit or insurance plans that allow each employee to select benefits or coverage best suited to his or her needs
See cafeteria in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A restaurant in which the customers are served at a counter and carry their meals on trays to tables.
- A dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten.
Origin:
Origin: Spanish cafetería, coffee shop, cafeteria
Origin: , from café, coffee
Origin: , from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee
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