buffet<sup>1sup> ['b?fe?, 'b?fe?]
¦ noun
1. a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves.
2. a room or counter in a station, hotel, etc. selling light meals or snacks.
(also buffet car) Brit. a railway carriage selling light meals or snacks.
3. also 'b?f?t a piece of dining-room furniture with cupboards and open shelves for crockery.
Origin
C18: from Fr., from OFr. bufet 'stool'.
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buffet<sup>2sup> ['b?f?t]
¦ verb (buffets, buffeting, buffeted) (especially of wind or waves) strike repeatedly and violently.
¦ noun
1. dated a blow.
Origin
ME: from OFr. buffeter (v.), buffet (n.), dimin. of bufe 'a blow'.
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buffet<sup>3sup> ['b?f?t]
¦ noun Scottish & N. English a low stool or hassock.
Origin
ME: from OFr. bufet, of unknown origin.