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Synonyms of cafeteria
a place where people get food at a counter and carry it to a table for eating
- The restaurant resembled a school cafeteria.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for cafeteria
- coffeehouse,
- coffee shop,
- estaminet,
- teahouse,
- tearoom,
- tea shop
- [chiefly British]
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“Cafeteria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cafeteria. Accessed 29 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of cafeteria was in 1894
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