Cafeteria

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cafeteria \Caf`e*te"ri*a\, n. [Cf. F. cafeti[`e]re.]
     1. A restaurant or caf['e] 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. [U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. 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.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cafeteria
       n : a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "cafeteria":
     automat, beanery, bistro, buffet, buvette, cafe, canteen, cantina,
     chophouse, chuck wagon, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom,
     commons, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, diner, dinette,
     dining car, dining hall, dining room, dining saloon, dog wagon,
     drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house,
     fast-food chain, grill, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house,
     hashery, hot-dog stand, kitchen, lunch counter, lunch wagon,
     luncheonette, lunchroom, mess, mess hall, messroom, pizzeria,
     quick-lunch counter, refectory, restaurant, salle a manger,
     smorgasbord, snack bar, tavern, tearoom, trattoria