school cafeteria

Campus dining hall

A school cafeteria is the room in a school where students eat meals, typically serving lunch prepared on-site or brought from home.

The term evokes institutional food, long tables, and the social dynamics of where kids choose to sit: She ate alone in the school cafeteria, the cool kids' table in the school cafeteria.

Related

milk carton · chocolate milk · tables · lunch table · benches · line · hot lunch · pizza · chicken nuggets · sloppy joe · tater tots · mystery meat · jello · hairnets · trays · cliques · gossip · noise

Categories
Opposites
dining venue formality and quality

school cafeteriachef's table

Restaurant's kitchen-view seating

steakhouse · bistro · restaurant

institutional vs. commercial food service

school cafeteriarestaurant

Place serving meals

private chef · catering service · food truck

eating location within daily life

school cafeteriahome kitchen

Residential food preparation room

home · kitchen table · private dining · picnic · breakfast in bed

Family

school, cafeteria, schools, schooled, schooling, schooler, preschool, homeschool, homeschooling

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Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G