breakfast buffet
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈbrɛkfəst bʊˈfeɪ/
:
buffet de desayuno
- The breakfast buffet (18.95/adult) wasn't anything to rave about, but the view of the beach and ocean was fabulous.
- breakfast buffet includes
- free breakfast buffet
- lavish breakfast buffet
Examples
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We've started this little routine where we get up, go straight to the breakfast buffet and then straight to the beach, and it's been awesome.
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I woke up early the next morning and went down to the breakfast buffet.
Fiction book (1994) -
Have you tried the breakfast buffet?
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When that was over, there was a breakfast buffet prepared for us.
Blog text (7) -
This is for the fabulous breakfast buffet that we had this morning.
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We had a great time at the BRAVO! breakfast buffet this morning!
Blog text (21) -
The breakfast buffet is really fantastic, with lots of choices, including an egg station.
Blog text (21) -
Each morning, we drop off the pups and head for the all-day breakfast buffet.
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"The next morning we went to the Hilton Hawaiian Village and had a breakfast buffet," Wilson said.
Blog text (8) -
I woke up early the next morning and went down to the breakfast buffet.
Synonyms
85
2.3
A meal where people serve themselves from many dishes laid out on a table
3
7.2
A meal where people serve themselves many hot and cold dishes
How Varied
3
1.6
7
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a self-service meal in the morning' is directly and transparently derived from 'breakfast' (the morning meal) + 'buffet' (a self-service style); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the combined meaning. This compound follows a regular noun+noun composition found cross-linguistically and in hotel/restaurant contexts, so the phrase is clearly interpretable from its parts.
Etymology
Breakfast buffet comes from the picture of a long table where people help themselves to many morning foods. The word breakfast is the 'morning' meal and buffet is a table of dishes you take food from, so the phrase means a 'self-service' meal in the morning.