Definition of cafeteria
1 : a restaurant in which the customers serve themselves or are served at a counter and take the food to tables to eat
2 : lunchroom 2
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Recent Examples of cafeteria from the Web
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The 32-year-old school cafeteria worker was killed during a traffic stop July 6, almost a year ago.
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In St. Paul, jurors watched dashboard video showing Officer Jeronimo Yanez shoot into the car where Philando Castile, a cafeteria worker, was sitting with his fiancée and her daughter, and acquitted the officer.
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Volunteers gathered Wednesday in the cafeteria at Joliet Junior College's main campus to package meals of fortified macaroni and cheese.
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For one thing, everyone from the cafeteria worker to the school principal has access to at least some student information.
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St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez was charged last year with second-degree manslaughter for shooting Philando Castile, a 32-year old supervisor at a school cafeteria.
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Officer Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty Friday of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Philando Castile, a 32-year-old school cafeteria worker.
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One report by NPR found Castile, who worked at a school cafeteria, was stopped 46 times by police.
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But the products were distributed to restaurants and cafeterias, and even schools, in 30 states.
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Origin and Etymology of cafeteria
American Spanish cafetería coffeehouse, from cafetera coffee maker, from French cafetière, from café
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Definition of cafeteria
: providing a selection from which a choice may be made cafeteria benefit plan a cafeteria curriculum
First Known Use of cafeteria
1908
CAFETERIA Defined for English Language Learners
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: a place (such as a restaurant or a room in a school) where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
CAFETERIA Defined for Kids
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: a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating a school cafeteria
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