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cafeteria

caf·e·te·ria [ ˌka-fə-ˈtir-ē-ə]

cafeteria

noun

[ˌka-fə-ˈtir-ē-ə]

Definition of cafeteria

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a restaurant in which the customers serve themselves or are served at a counter and take the food to tables to eat

2 : lunchroom sense 2

cafeteria

adjective

Definition of cafeteria (Entry 2 of 2)

: providing a selection from which a choice may be made
//cafeteria benefit plan a cafeteria curriculum

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//Hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed Won’t someone think of America’s cafeteria workers?
— Rex Crum, The Mercury News, "Billiards balls and tailors’ chalk: 10 unexpected products that new Chinese tariffs would affect," 29 Aug. 2019
//In this photo taken July 16, 2019, tech workers march to support Facebook’s cafeteria workers, who were rallying for a new contract with their company Flaghship in San Francisco.
— Washington Post, "US tech industry becomes hotbed for employee activism," 26 Aug. 2019
//Amr Gaber, 32, a Google engineer, was among several tech workers at a July demonstration in front of Facebook's San Francisco office supporting cafeteria workers seeking a new contract.
— Samantha Maldonado, Fortune, "At Amazon, Google, and More, Big Tech Employees Are Speaking Out About Bad Company Behavior," 26 Aug. 2019
//Amr Gaber, 32, a Google engineer, was among several tech workers at a July demonstration in front of Facebook’s San Francisco office supporting cafeteria workers seeking a new contract.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, "Employees of Big Tech are speaking out like never before," 26 Aug. 2019
//Al-Shaair told him about the cafeteria worker at Hillsborough High who would slip him sandwiches for his younger brothers.
— Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, "49ers’ undrafted rookie Azeez Al-Shaair has plenty of motivation," 23 Aug. 2019
//His father suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and his mother, the chief breadwinner, was a high school cafeteria worker.
— Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, "Paul Findley, 11-term GOP congressman from Illinois, at 98," 11 Aug. 2019
//The district’s other union — representing cafeteria workers, custodians, bus drivers and clerks, among others — has ratified its contract, which includes the same new insurance offerings teachers rejected.
— Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, "Orange schools extend insurance plans to employees while new teacher negotiations underway," 9 Aug. 2019
//My boyfriend was the son of a building superintendent and a school cafeteria worker on the Lower East Side.
— Stacy Torres, Longreads, "How I Became ‘Rich’," 20 June 2019

First Known Use of cafeteria

Noun

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1908, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for cafeteria

Noun

American Spanish cafetería coffeehouse, from cafetera coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café

Dictionary Entries near cafeteria

More Synonyms and Antonyms ofcafeteria

Synonyms of cafeteria

a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating

The restaurant resembled a school cafeteria.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms for cafeteria

pizzeria

More Definitions forcafeteria

cafeteria

noun

English Language Learners Definition of cafeteria

: a place (such as a restaurant or a room in a school) where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating

cafeteria

noun

caf·e·te·ria | \ ˌka-fə-ˈtir-ē-ə \

Kids Definition of cafeteria

: a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
//a school cafeteria