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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 meanings

noun

  1. A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.

  2. figurativelyAn abundant and diverse collection of things.

  3. 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, variety
  4. An 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).

noun: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

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