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smorgasbord
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As a noun, smorgasbord means a Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes.
Meanings of smorgasbord
4 meaningsnoun
A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.
figurativelyAn abundant and diverse collection of things.
A collection containing a variety of sorts of things
“a great assortment of cars was on display”
“he had a variety of disorders”
“a veritable smorgasbord of religions”
Similar: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, varietyAn assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc. with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet mealfood
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).