Collocations for "cafeteria"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "cafeteria" in context.
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cafeteria
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- works in the cafeteria
- meet you in the cafeteria [at, for] lunch
- see you in the cafeteria
- I'm (still) in the cafeteria
- the [school, campus, building's, school's] cafeteria
- one of the [school's] [three] cafeterias
- let's see what they're serving in the cafeteria today
- anything good in the cafeteria today?
- nowhere to sit in the cafeteria
- started a food fight in the cafeteria
- the cafeteria is always busy (at lunch time)
- go to the cafeteria for [lunch, dinner]
- eat [lunch] in the cafeteria every day
- the cafeteria was [crowded, jam packed] (with)
- why is the cafeteria so crowded today?
- hanging [out, around] in the cafeteria
- have [lunch, a snack] at the cafeteria
- [run, manage, open] a cafeteria
- the cafeteria [opens, closes] at
- a cafeteria [on Main Street, in the station]
- the cafeteria has a [terrace, play area]
'cafeteria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):