What does buffet mean in English?

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buffet Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a meal where people serve themselves different types of food:
- Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
1 (of wind, rain, etc.) to hit something repeatedly and with great force:
- The little boat was buffeted mercilessly by the waves.
2 a meal where people serve themselves food that is arranged on a table:
- Will it be a buffet or a sit-down meal?
3 to hit something or someone repeatedly and, usually, hard:
- Many fierce storms had buffeted the coast before, but this one was worse than usual.

The site can be buffeted by strong, persistent and unpredictable winds.
Is this because the society is fairly homogeneous, not buffeted by other social stratifications?
The photograph depicts the middle of the ballet, when the slowly drifting ensemble patterns have begun to disintegrate, buffeted by seabed currents.
First, the extreme physical and economic deprivation had probably cultivated in them skills which helped them cope with the buffets of old age.
There were those cold buffets at midnight.
According to our interviews, white-collar employees are continually buffeted by these forces of change in a savagely competitive environment where history, tradition and reputation count for little.
The dinner included a generous buffet and drinks.
After serving ourselves from a buffet, we were seated at a long table by the pool.