buffet

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscountersideboard

   Broaderfurniture

   Narrowercredenzaminibar

   Part ofdining room

   Partsdrawershelf
2. 2.

   a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

   Broadermeal

   Narrowersmorgasbord
3. 3.

   usually inexpensive bar

   Synonymssnack barsnack counter

   Broaderbar

   Narrowercommissarymilk bar

1. 1.

   strike against forcefully

   “Winds buffeted the tent”

   Synonymsknock aboutbatter

   Broaderstrike
2. 2.

   strike, beat repeatedly

   “The wind buffeted him”

   Synonymsbuff

   Broaderhit

Other forms of buffet

plural

buffets·

past tense

buffetted·

present participle

buffetting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buffet

What does buffet mean?

buffet means "a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buffet?

buffet has 2 syllables: buf-fet. The stress falls on "buf". In IPA it is /ˈbʌfət/.

What is another word for buffet?

Close synonyms include counter, sideboard, snack bar, snack counter, knock about. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buffet a common word?

buffet is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.