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Meaning of buffet car | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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