buffet
buffet is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.
- noun. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
- intransitive verb. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.
- intransitive verb. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.
- intransitive verb. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
- transitive verb. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
- transitive verb. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
- transitive verb. To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
- intransitive verb. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
- intransitive verb. To make one's way by blows or struggling.
- noun. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- noun. usually inexpensive bar
- noun. a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
- verb. strike, beat repeatedly
"The wind buffeted him"
- verb. strike against forcefully
"Winds buffeted the tent"
Synonyms
counter, sideboard, buff, batter
Common word forms
buffets, buffeted, buffeter, buffeting
Words from these letters
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