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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for cafeteria:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

cafeteria
    n 1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cafeteria \Caf`e*te"ri*a\, n. [Cf. F. cafeti[`e]re.]
   1. A restaurant or caf['e] at which the patrons serve
      themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a
      cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to
      tables to eat. [U. S.]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]

   2. a room within a building functioning in the same manner as
      a cafeteria[1]. In certain organizations, as schools, the
      food may be provided gratis.
      [PJC]

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