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buffet

The correct spelling is buffet.

How to pronounce buffet

/ˈbʊfeɪ/
noun

IPA: /ˈbʊfeɪ/

Say it like: Buf-fet

The correct spelling is buffet. A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought. For example: "to buffet the billows"

Usage Examples

to buffet the billows

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
  2. 2.Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
  3. 3.A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
  4. 4.A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
  5. 5.A low stool; a hassock.

verb

  1. 1.To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
  2. 2.To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
  3. 3.To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
  4. 4.To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

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