a room or building that is used alternately as a cafeteria and an auditorium, as in a school
cafetorium
caf·e·to·ri·um 
An empty cafetorium.
The definition of a cafetorium is a big room used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
A big room in a school which is used as a cafeteria and an auditorium is an example of a cafetorium.
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cafetorium
noun
pl. caf·e·to·ri·ums, or caf·e·to·ri·aA large room, usually in an educational institution, that serves both as a cafeteria and as an auditorium.
Origin of cafetorium
cafe(teria) (audi)toriumTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural cafetoriums or cafetoria)
- A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
Origin
Originated 1950–55, cafe(teria) + (audi)torium.
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