Cafetorium

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.

    "There is another combination which is regarded favorably, particularly where economy of space is a necessity. This is the combined cafeteria-auditorium unit and is often called a cafetorium or an auditeria."

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"There is another combination which is regarded favorably, particularly where economy of space is a necessity. This is the combined cafeteria-auditorium unit and is often called a cafetorium or an auditeria."

Etymology

Blend of cafeteria + auditorium (originated around 1950).

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