Definition of smorgasbord
1 : a luncheon or supper buffet offering a variety of foods and dishes (such as hors d'oeuvres, hot and cold meats, smoked and pickled fish, cheeses, salads, and relishes)
2 : an often large heterogeneous mixture : mélange
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Examples of smorgasbord in a Sentence
every day the director has to first deal with a smorgasbord of problems before he can begin filming
Recent Examples of smorgasbord from the Web
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Detectives seized $28,000 in cash, a vehicle and a veritable smorgasbord of drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, Oxycodone, LSD and methamphetamine, the release said.
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The ravenous insects turned the Edwards Field grandstand, where generations of parents in north Orange County watched their kids play ball, into a bug smorgasbord.
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Benioff is trying to diversify by tweaking Salesforce.com into a platform that hosts a smorgasbord of online applications developed by smaller vendors.
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Origin and Etymology of smorgasbord
Swedish smörgåsbord, from smörgås open sandwich + bord table
First Known Use: 1879
SMORGASBORD Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of smorgasbord for English Language Learners
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: a meal with many different foods that are placed on a large table so that people can serve themselves
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: a large mixture of many different things
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