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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A restaurant in which the customers are served at a counter and carry their meals on trays to tables.
  2. n. A dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
  2. n. A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. United States A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat.
  2. n. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as a cafeteria{1}. In certain organizations, as schools, the food may be provided gratis.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

Etymologies

  1. (Mid 19th or 20th century) American Spanish cafetería, coffeehouse, from cafetera, coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh, from Arabic qahwa (Wiktionary)
  2. Spanish cafetería, coffee shop, cafeteria, from café, coffee, from Ottoman Turkish qahveh; see coffee. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (1)

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  1. canteen

hypernyms (4)

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  1. eating house
  1. eating place
  1. eatery
  1. restaurant

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  1. automat

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  4. classroom
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  2. dormitory
  3. stairwell
  4. gymnasium
  1. mall
  2. restaurant
  3. canteen
  4. diningroom
  1. pub
  2. wardroom
  3. elevator
  4. gym
  1. cloakroom
  2. bookstore
  3. diner
  4. hallway
  1. lab
  2. deli
  3. infirmary

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Words with the same terminal sound

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  2. Assyria
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  2. Nigeria
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  2. criteria
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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. automat
  2. cafeteria
  1. cafetorium
  2. cafeteria-style
  1. chow line
  2. self-service
  1. bag
  2. canteen
  1. commissary
  2. wild
  1. noisy
  2. cafeteria tray

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  1. often misspelled

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