Buffet

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

To make one's way by blows or struggling.

a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves