Synonyms for cafeteria
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kaf-i-teer-ee-uh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæf ɪˈtɪər i ə |
Définition of cafeteria
Origin :- 1839, American English, from Mexican Spanish cafeteria "coffee store," from café "coffee" (see coffee) + Spanish -terÃa "place where something is done" (usually business). The ending came to be understood popularly as meaning "help-yourself" (as though café + -teria) and was extended to new formation with that sense from c.1923.
- noun restaurant
- He hated to admit, as he stood there in the drizzle, his defeat by a cafeteria check.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Near noon he set himself to watch the entrance of the cafeteria.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Half the compartments in the area were deserted, the men leaving for the cafeteria.
- Extract from : « Gold in the Sky » by Alan Edward Nourse
- They are cafeteria wise, they have a cafeteria class consciousness.
- Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
- Those who are cafeteria wise can choose a good meal for 28 cents or 33 cents at the most.
- Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
- Irvin Cobb says that this is the cafeteria belt of which Los Angeles is the buckle.
- Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
- But cafeterias are very fine for those who have cafeteria sense.
- Extract from : « Vignettes Of San Francisco » by Almira Bailey
- The serving was cafeteria style and 2,000 could be seated at a time.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson
- With his "knowledge of the business," he should have made a success of this cafeteria of his.
- Extract from : « The Knack of Managing » by Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
- Judged from every outward appearance, the cafeteria was up to standard.
- Extract from : « The Knack of Managing » by Lewis K. Urquhart and Herbert Watson
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