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buffet car

buffet car noun: a railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.

buffet car: a railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another...
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Noun

buffet car (plural buffet cars)

  1. A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.
    • Near-synonyms: refreshment car, club car (broadly synonymous)
    • A small ornamental panel displayed the Great Central's slogan, "Each Express is Vestibuled and has a Buffet Car attached." The buffet car is now being successfully exploited again by the L.N.E.R., but it is only last May that this facility returned to its parent line after a long absence.1934 February, B. K. Cooper, “Some Great Central Reflections”, in Railway Magazine, page 83
    Synonyms:
    refreshment car, club car[Appendix:Glossary

buffet car meaning in Tamil

buffet car in Tamil

ஊர்தி உணவகம்

Synonyms of buffet car

Forms of buffet car

pluralbuffet cars

Questions about buffet car

What does buffet car mean?
Buffet car means a railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.
What is buffet car in Tamil?
Buffet car in Tamil is ஊர்தி உணவகம். See Buffet car meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is buffet car?
Buffet car is a noun.
What is the plural of buffet car?
The plural of buffet car is buffet cars.

Words near buffet car in the dictionary

  1. bufferzones
  2. buffes
  3. buffest
  4. buffet
  5. buffet bowling
  6. buffet car
  7. buffet cars
  8. buffeted
  9. buffeter
  10. buffeteria
  11. buffeterias

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