cafeteria
US /ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/
Definition
a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Employees usually eat lunch in the cafeteria on the second floor.
Synonyms
- canteena flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers
Collocations
- Easy eat lunch in school cafeteriato eat lunch in school cafeteria, meaning to take in solid food
- Medium staff cafeteria meal subsidyto staff cafeteria meal subsidy, meaning to provide with staff
- Hard flexible cafeteria style benefit plandescribing flexible cafeteria style benefit plan (capable of being changed)
- Very Hard disdain cafeteria style pick-and-chooseto disdain cafeteria style pick-and-choose, meaning to look down on with disdain
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.