Buffet

['bʊfeɪ;'bʌfeɪ] or [bə'fe]

Definition

(noun.) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers.

(noun.) a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves.

(verb.) strike, beat repeatedly; 'The wind buffeted him'.

(verb.) strike against forcefully; 'Winds buffeted the tent'.

Typed by Dave--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

(n.) A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

(v. i.) A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

(v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

(v. i.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

(v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

(v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

(v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

(v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

(v. i.) To make one's way by blows or struggling.

Inputed by Brice

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Slap, box, knock, rap, blow, cuff.[2]. Cupboard.

v. a. [1]. Beat, box, strike, smite, cuff.[2]. Struggle against, contend against.

Checked by Debbie

Definition

n. a blow with the fist a slap.—v.t. to strike with the hand or fist: to contend against.—n. Buff′eting a striking with the hand boxing: contention.

n. a kind of sideboard: a low stool: a refreshment-bar (in this sense often pronounced buf'ā).

Inputed by Delia

Examples

Typist: Michael

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