Definition of Cafeteria

1. Noun. A restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier.

Specialized synonyms: Automat
Generic synonyms: Eatery, Eating House, Eating Place, Restaurant

Definition of Cafeteria

1. n. A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, taking the food to small tables to eat.

Definition of Cafeteria

1. Noun. A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat ¹

2. Noun. A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cafeteria

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cafeteria

caesurae
caesural
caesuras
caesuric
cafard
cafards
cafarsite
cafe
cafe'
cafe-au-lait spot
cafe au lait
cafe noir
cafe royale
cafes
cafestol
cafeteria (current term)
cafeteria facility
cafeteria tray
cafeterias
cafetite
cafetites
cafetière
cafetoria
cafetorium
cafetoriums
caff
caffe latte
caffearine
caffeate O-methyltransferase
caffeate peroxidase

Literary usage of Cafeteria

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Careers for Women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"The management of a cafeteria is dependent on the policy of whatever firm or company is ... In a commercial cafeteria the object is financial profit; ..."

2. Report of the War Trade Board by United States War Trade Board (1920)
"cafeteria.—The cafeteria was not operated by the War Trade Board. As it was, however, a convenience to the employees of the Board, the following statistics ..."

3. Labor Maintenance: A Practical Handbook of Employees' Service Work by Daniel Bloomfield (1920)
"Method of Service—cafeteria or Serving Counter The number of employees necessary for the preparation and dispensing of food in an industrial canteen, ..."

4. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"Is it natural for men to be taught that so far One-way cafeteria. Courtesy National Lamp Works. as the government of the country is concerned, self respect ..."

5. The Food of Working Women in Boston by Lucile Eaves (1917)
"APPENDIX B. FIRMS HAVING AN EMPLOYEES' cafeteria. Mercantile Establishments. 1. LS Ayres Company, 2. Bloomingdale Bros., . 3. Chandler & Co., .... 4. ..."

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