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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
smorgasbord
1. 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
• Syn:
assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea,
variety, salmagundi, potpourri, motley
• Derivationally related forms:
motley (for: motley), mix (for: mixture)
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
• Hyponyms:
grab bag, witches' brew, witches' broth, witch's brew, range,
selection, odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag,
mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum,
alphabet soup, sampler
2. 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 meal
• Regions:
Scandinavia
• Hypernyms:
buffet
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