Meanings
plural buffet cars
- rail transportA 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)
1 more example
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 83Synonyms: refreshment car, club car[Appendix:Glossary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna passenger car where food is served in transit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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