Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "buffet" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

a cafe catering hall chinese restaurant dining room dinning room hotel reception hal restaurant restuarant someplace eat wedding

Derived Terms

autobuffet buffet bowling buffet car buffeteria finger buffet fork buffet pluck-buffet scatter buffet tea buffet

Etymologically Related To

buffer buffoon

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

article of furniture bar furniture hit meal piece of furniture repast strike

Type Of (IsA)

assembly line for assembling meals furniture linear meal production system meal multi course self chosen meal object supporting furniture self service way to serve food storage device

Manner Of

hit strike

Part Of

dining room

Related Terms

blow clapper counter cuff hassock low sideboard stool

Synonym Network

blow sideboard smorgasbord snack bar

Used For

all can eat all u can eat big birthday party breakfast dessert eat lot of food feed large group of people feed wedding guests feeding large amount of people food get food not tipping waitresses offering wider selection wedding reception

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.