cafeteria
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- noun
- /ˌkæfəˈtɪəriə/
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cafetería
- During lunch, many students gather in the cafeteria to enjoy their meals together.
- school cafeteria
- cafeteria food
- lunch in the cafeteria
I'm sure they still do, but they had the best cafeteria ever.
- I'm sure they still do, but they had the best cafeteria ever.
- Food at the CIA cafeteria is good.
- My high school reunion is in the school cafeteria.
- You do not build culture by having free snacks in your cafeteria.
- And this lady, I remember I met her at a cafeteria, which is a bad sign out the gate.
- I won a contest writing about our newly renovated cafeteria.
- I mean, the teenagers in the cafeteria, well, they might have a cool product here.
- And I've been in the cafeteria one day just getting your lunch.
- There's there's like a cafeteria and that was insane bro.
- The instant that happened, a woman comes running out of the cafeteria screaming, Aufrey.
Examples
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If you go downstairs, you'll notice in the main cafeteria area there is a piano.
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Hurry to the cafeteria before it closes.
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We're now in the cafeteria area of the spot.
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We'll be in the cafeteria, Harry.
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A shared common building houses security, physical education, a cafeteria, and other services.
Academic text (2011) -
The children could visit the school cafeteria, the fire station, and their parents' places of work.
Academic text (1991) -
So right now, we're actually walking towards the best cafeteria on campus, right?
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Yet, most students who come to any cafeteria tend to come in and out.
Academic text (2013) -
Students eat breakfast and dinner in the cafeteria and lunch in the classroom.
Academic text (2013) -
Food at the CIA cafeteria is good.
Synonyms
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A meal where people serve themselves from many dishes laid out on a table
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A place like a restaurant or café where people eat
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A large room in a college where many students eat meals
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A room in a school or workplace where people can buy and eat lunch
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A place in a school or workplace where people buy and eat food and talk to others
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A small cafeteria at a workplace where staff buy meals and snacks
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A small simple restaurant that serves coffee and sandwiches at a counter
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A place where people go to eat, like a restaurant or cafe
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A place in a school, factory, or military base where many people eat
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A place where people buy and eat meals, like a restaurant or café
Compounds
- Literature
The practice of choosing only Church teachings you like and ignoring the rest
- Offensive
A person who calls themselves Christian but accepts only some church teachings
- Literature
A way of choosing some Christian teachings to follow and ignoring others
How Big
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- UK
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- Jargon
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- UK
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cafeteria comes from café ('coffee') plus -teria ('place'), like in pizzeria. It first meant a place for coffee, so today a cafeteria is a place where people get food quickly and often serve themselves.