cafeteria-style

adjective

caf·​e·​te·​ria-style ˌka-fə-ˈtir-ē-ə-ˌstī(-ə)l 

: cafeteria

cafeteria-style benefits

Examples of cafeteria-style in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one corner, there’s a sushi buffet where visitors pick out sushi pieces cafeteria-style, then purchase their meal by weight. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

The cafeteria-style trays and displays here are loaded with red-bean buns, bacon epi breads and other sweet and savory handheld snacks that’d fit right in at a park function. — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 July 2026

Kirbee’s will open with cafeteria-style lunch service, Friday through Sunday. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 June 2026

Southern comfort food in a cafeteria-style setting. — Ella Gonzales may 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cafeteria-style

• aisle
• bile
• chyle
• file
• guile
• heil
• isle
• kyle
• mile
• pile
• rile
• smile