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PRONUNCIATION OF BUFFET CAR

buffet car  [ˈbʊfeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUFFET CAR

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Buffet car is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUFFET CAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

buffet car

Buffet car

A buffet car is a passenger car of a train, where snacks and beverages can be bought at a counter and consumed. Typically, passengers are not allowed to consume brought-along food and drinks in the car, and are therefore only able to eat in this area by buying their food in the car.

Definition of buffet car in the English dictionary

The definition of buffet car in the dictionary is a railway coach where light refreshments are served.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUFFET CAR


buffet
ˈbʊfeɪ
coryphe
ˌkɒrɪˈfeɪ
fae
feɪ
fay
feɪ
fey
feɪ
Hefei
ˈhʌˈfeɪ
Hofei
ˈhəʊˈfeɪ
ofay
ˈəʊfeɪ
parfait
pɑːˈfeɪ
perfay
pəˈfeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUFFET CAR

buffel grass
buffer
buffer force
buffer fund
buffer memory
buffer solution
buffer state
buffer stock
buffer zone
buffering
buffet
buffet lunch
buffet meal
buffet supper
buffeter
buffeting
Buffett
buffi
buffing
buffing wheel

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUFFET CAR

cable car
chauffeur-driven car
classic car
combat car
family car
flat car
fleet car
freight car
ghost car
hire car
kit car
police car
race car
racing car
rental car
restaurant car
scout car
slot car
sports car
stock car

Synonyms and antonyms of buffet car in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «buffet car» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUFFET CAR

Find out the translation of buffet car to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of buffet car from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «buffet car» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

餐车
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vagón restaurante
570 millions of speakers

English

buffet car
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुफे कार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عَرَبَة المَقْصَف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вагон-ресторан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vagão-restaurante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বুফে গাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wagon-restaurant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta bufet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Speisewagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビュッフェ車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식당차
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prasmanan mobil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

toa bán thức ăn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பஃபே கார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुफे कार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

açık büfe araba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vagone ristorante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wagon restauracyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вагон-буфет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vagon cu bufet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καροτσάκι για μπουφέ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buffet motor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

buffévagn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spisevogn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of buffet car

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUFFET CAR»

The term «buffet car» is normally little used and occupies the 116.543 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUFFET CAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «buffet car» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «buffet car» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about buffet car

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUFFET CAR»

Discover the use of buffet car in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to buffet car and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Railroad Passenger Car
Whatever its historical forerunners, the significance of the buffet car is that it permanently reestablished Pullman in the food trade. From that time forward, light food was sold on many Pullman-operated cars. The commissaries, stores, and ...
John H. White, Jr., 1985
2
The Pennsylvania Railroad in Indiana
1, has Pullman sleeping car Pittsburgh to Columbus and Cincinnati ; Pullman buffet car and day coaches, Pittsburgh to St. Louis. Paco'ic Express, Np. 3, has Pullman sleeping car, Pittsburgh to Chicago and day coaches, Pittsburgh to ...
William J. Watt, 1999
3
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
1055 Questions by Private Notice Ministerial Statement 1056 Railways Buffet-Car Used as Passenger Compartment Mr. Okondo: Before I as'k my Question 'by Private Notice, 'may I apologize for coming in late, and if you will agree, may 1 ask ...
4
Harrap's essential English Dictionary
... printed or transferred to another computer system. buffet1 /'bufei/ noun: buffets 1 A buffet is a place where light meals and drinks may be bought and eaten, especially at a station or on a train, [see also buffet car] 2 A buffet is also a cold meal ...
‎1996
5
Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly of the State ...
... any dining car, sleeping car, buffet car or observation car operated by such applicant, in, through or across the state of Iowa, beer containing no greater content of alcohol by weight than is lawful under this act for consumption in such cars.
Iowa. General Assembly. Senate, 1935
6
Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl: An ...
... the case of the buffet car, the service took advantage of the convenience of the buffet-style meal, that is, self-service, inasmuch as the food was already made and often portioned. There are, however, some legendary buffets de gare, such as ...
Melitta Weiss Adamson, Francine Segan, 2008
7
Royal Blue Line: The Classic B&O Train Between Washington ...
Later consist changes included the addition of un-streamlined 68-seat coach 3528, built in 1923, and the temporary substitu baggage-buffet car 1317 (ex- Pullman Capitol Hill) for combine 1301 between 1953 and 1956. Data from Car Names, ...
Herbert H. Harwood, 2002
8
Brazil Export-Import Trade and Business Directory
Other major rail routes include Belo Horizonte—Itabira—Vitoria (with buffet car), Campo Grande—Ponte Pora (with restaurant car), Porto Santana—Serra do Navio (second-class only), Santos Ana Costa—Juquia (second-class only), Sao Luis ...
IBP USA Staff, USA International Business Publications, 2007
9
Lesbian Empire: Radical Crosswriting in the Twenties
of mutual revelation and flirtation — an art at which this buffet-car attendant is an innocent, exuberant master. All that detail about the clothes, of course, is homosexual bonding: the attendant and the exile, and then Valentine, are united in ...
Gay Wachman, 2001
10
Popular Mechanics
Aerial of Radiophone Equipment on Top of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad's Buffet Car, Showing How Two Wires are Carried on Two-Foot Posts, the Full Length of the Car CWattle wood and the spent bark from the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUFFET CAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term buffet car is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Train strikes: Everything you need to know about the planned action …
First Great Western said they could not guarantee job safety in roles such as buffet car facilities on the new trains. A total of 80 per cent of ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
2
Tube strike July 2015: All you need to know about this week's …
... the introduction of a new fleet of Hitachi Inter-City trains, that they claim will threaten jobs, especially those of maintenance staff and buffet car ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Trouble on the tracks in Somerset as rail strike to go ahead from …
To keep a safety competent Guard on every train. • To keep safety critical station Despatch staff. • To keep buffet car facilities on every train. «Yeovil Express, Jul 15»
4
50 YEARS AGO: Riots result in more than 50 arrests at Arnolds Park …
There will be seven sleeper cars, two dining cars, a buffet car, an observation car and a dynamo baggage car. Souvenirs and a daily tea will be ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
5
Letters: There are things moderate Muslims can do to stop the …
SIR – I booked seats in the quiet carriage of a Great Western train last week, and after about an hour my son went to the buffet car to buy a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
The answer to UK's summer of rail strikes is German
And given the level of overcrowding on many trains these days, customers would probably be only too happy to swap a pricey buffet car for an ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
7
RMT votes for strike over new Hitachi high-speed trains
... solutions" had been proposed by management in response to its demands for a "safety competent guard" and buffet car facilities on trains. «BBC News, Jun 15»
8
Speyside: A Whisky Tour of Strathspey
Our bags have been dropped off in two adjoining sleeping berths and wafts of haggis and tatties emanate from the buffet car kitchen. As the ... «The London Economic, Jun 15»
9
The Capital Connection loses another carriage
The buffet car was removed in February, also for maintenance and repair. "Is this a death by a thousand cuts?" Stephens asked. Ad Feedback. «Manawatu Standard, Jun 15»
10
​Midsomer Norton Station wartime weekend
... fire engine on Saturday and Sunday, wartime songs with the Berkeley Bluebirds from Sunday noon and a wartime menu in our buffet car. «Frome Standard, Jun 15»

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