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smörgåsbord
[
smawr
-g
uh
s-bawrd
,
-bohrd
or, often
,
shmawr
-
]
Example Sentences
smor·gas·bord
/
ˈsmɔr
gəsˌbɔrd
,
-ˌboʊrd
or, often
,
ˈʃmɔr-
/
Show Spelled
[
smawr
-g
uh
s-bawrd
,
-bohrd
or, often
,
shmawr
-
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a buffet meal of various hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, salads, casserole dishes, meats, cheeses, etc.
2.
an extensive
array
or variety:
The company has a smorgasbord of employee benefits.
Also,
smör·gås·bord
/
Sw.
ˈsmœr
gɔsˌburd
/
Show Spelled
[
Sw.
sm
œ
r
-gaws-boo
r
d
]
Show IPA
.
Origin:
1915–20;
<
Swedish
smörgsbord,
equivalent to
smörgs
sandwich +
bord
table
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All one needs to do is take a drive through a low income neighborhood and you'll find a smorgasbord of fast food joints.
The burrowing owls, suddenly lacking a smorgasbord of mouse meat, resort to hunting petrels.
Last week's release of new divorce statistics led to a smorgasbord of reporting feeding the myth.
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All one needs to do is take a drive through a low income neighborhood and you'll find a smorgasbord of fast food joints.
The burrowing owls, suddenly lacking a smorgasbord of mouse meat, resort to hunting petrels.
Last week's release of new divorce statistics led to a smorgasbord of reporting feeding the myth.
Its vision of the future, however, is a smorgasbord of whiz-bang inventions.
No rich country needs a smorgasbord of subsidies for manufacturing.
When it does work, this thing is an entertainment smorgasbord.
Both the main parties kicked off their campaigns with a smorgasbord of promises.
It goes particularly well with the marinated and pickled herring, salads and cold meats of the smorgasbord.
The world's biggest collider hopes to create a smorgasbord of exotic particles.
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