cafeteria
Tray-line dining hall
A cafeteria is a restaurant where customers serve themselves or are served at a counter, then carry their food to tables.
The format is common in schools, hospitals, workplaces, and other institutional settings where large numbers of people need to eat efficiently.
Unlike traditional restaurants, cafeterias typically display prepared food along a serving line, allowing diners to see and select items before paying.
The hospital cafeteria stays open around the clock.
Communal eating space
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- recessPause in activity
- cafetoriumCombined dining and assembly space
monitors · trays · announcements · tables · nutrition · menu · plasticware · napkins
Portable liquid container
- breakroomEmployee rest area
- employeesPaid staff members
- coworkersPeople at same job
- microwavesElectromagnetic waves for cooking
subsidized · corporate · commissary · staff · brown-bag · catering
Flat serving surfaces
- steamtableHeated food-service counter
- self-serviceCustomer performs the task
- hotplatesPortable electric cooking surfaces
- portion-controlRegulating serving sizes
tongs · refillable · ladles · bain-marie
Flat service surface
- cashierTill operator
- checkoutPayment completion process
- pricingEstablishing monetary amounts charged
- comboItems grouped together
queue · lineup · register · prepaid · grab-and-go · made-to-order
Relaxed and informal
- informalRelaxed, not official
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- linoleumSmooth resilient floor covering
- institutionalOf formal establishments
utilitarian · bustling · noisy · crowded · functional · clean · bright · economical
Principal meal courses
- sidesLateral edges or teams
- soupCooked liquid dish
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
pizza · pasta · rice · vegetables · dessert · fruit · beverages · specials
Collection of people meeting
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- tablesFlat-topped furniture pieces
- seatingAvailable places to sit
- communityCollective of connected people
colleagues · chatter · networking · lunchtime · groups · friends · cliques · camaraderie
lunchroom
Communal eating space
cafetorium · monitors · trays · announcements · tables · nutrition · menu · plasticware · napkins · spills
canteen
Portable liquid container
microwaves · subsidized · corporate · commissary · staff · brown-bag · catering
trays
Flat serving surfaces
- steamtableHeated food-service counter
- self-serviceCustomer performs the task
- hotplatesPortable electric cooking surfaces
portion-control · tongs · refillable · ladles · bain-marie
counter
Flat service surface
combo · queue · lineup · register · prepaid · grab-and-go · made-to-order
casual
Relaxed and informal
- informalRelaxed, not official
- fluorescentEmitting light when energized
- linoleumSmooth resilient floor covering
institutional · utilitarian · bustling · noisy · crowded · functional · clean · bright · economical · no-frills
entrees
Principal meal courses
sandwich · pizza · pasta · rice · vegetables · dessert · fruit · beverages · specials · portions
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- tablesFlat-topped furniture pieces
- seatingAvailable places to sit
community · colleagues · chatter · networking · lunchtime · groups · friends · cliques · camaraderie · bonding
cinnabar
Red mercuric sulfide ore
- corundumCrystalline aluminum oxide
- cassiteritePrincipal tin oxide ore
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
mica · gypsum · graphite · pyrite · garnet · feldspar · talc · dolomite · magnetite · hematite
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- school lifeschool, teacher, classroom, homework, grades
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
cafeteriasteakhouse
Beef-focused dining establishment
bistro · trattoria · brasserie · silver service · gastropub
cafeteriafine dining
Elegant restaurant experience
chef's table · private dining room · haute cuisine · home kitchen · white-glove service
- school cafeteriaStudent dining facility
- cafeteria lineFood service queue
- hospital cafeteriaClinic's in-house dining area
- cafeteria tableCommunal dining furniture
- cafeteria trayRectangular serving surface
- cafeteria workerFood service employee