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/ˈbʊfeɪ//bəˈfeɪ/Definitions
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.
/ˈbʌfɪt/Definitions
A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
/ˈbʌfɪt/Definitions
To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.
To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.
To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.
Example: to buffet the billows
To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
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A low stool; a hassock.