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cafeterie

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Cafeteria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

  • 1909, Harvester World, International Harvester Company of America, Vol. 1, p. 28, https://books.google.ca/books?id=kzs2AQAAMAAJ&q=%22cafeterie%22&dq=%22cafeterie%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkq5uJ5cHNAhVGHGMKHZDXBL44ZBDoAQiXAzBF A central kitchen serves a cafeterie, seating two hundred; a café, seating seventy; and a lunch counter with stools for forty.

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noun

Meaning 2

Pantry, stillroom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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