Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buffet car

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: buf-fet -car
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: refreshment car, club car (broadly synonymous)"
"A small ornamental panel displayed the Great Central's slogan, "Each Express is Vestibuled and has a Buffet Car attached." The buffet car is now being successfully exploited again by the L.N.E.R., but it is only last May that this facility returned to its parent line after a long absence."

Inflected Forms

buffet cars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dining car diner restaurant car private car

Synonyms

refreshment car club car[Appendix:Glossary dining car diner dining compartment

Questions

What does buffet car mean?: A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.

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