caféteria
/kˌæfətˈɪɹiə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The general arrangement of our mess hall, scullery, and kitchen made it easy to provide for a caféteria service."
- "The caféteria and kitchen are in the basement, which, since the land falls away in the rear, is entirely open to light and air."
- "A lunch room recently equipped by the Students’ Association at the Harvard Medical School has been turned over to the Union to be operated on the caféteria plan."
- "The lunch room will feed 1,800 students, boys and girls separately, in 30 minutes, on the caféteria plan."
- "Bonuses, rest rooms, showers, caféterias, etc. are hardly known to exist, and a large percentage of the public feels that a mill is a place where an employe works long hours of back-breaking work for small wages and under very poor working conditions."
- "A distinctive type of lighting fitting has been put on the market by Messrs. Harcourts, Ltd., which is particularly suitable for restaurants, cafés, quick-lunch bars, caféterias, etc."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: caféteria