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cafetorium en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of cafeteria + auditorium. First attested in the around 1950.

Meanings

1. A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
   • Then Mitchell reminded his mother that they both needed money to pay for their lunches, which meant a search for the exact change to pay for two lunches so they would not slow up the line in the cafetorium. 1967, Beverly Cleary, Mitch and Amy, HarperCollins, published 2009, →ISBN, pages 86–87:
   • There is another combination which is regarded favorably, particularly where economy of space is a necessity. This is the combined cafeteria-auditorium unit and is often called a cafetorium or an auditeria. 1948, University of the State of New York, Planning The School Auditorium, page 14:

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Relateds

auditeria · gymnatorium