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/ˈsmɔɹɡəsˌbɔɹd/
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a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
he had a variety of disorders
a veritable smorgasbord of religions
a great assortment of cars was on display - 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
How To Use smorgasbord In A Sentence
- So now, as Robin points out, us anti-war, would-be dissenters, deserters and betrayers are to be offered a wide-ranging smorgasbord of humanitarian pledges to get us back on the New Labour bus.
- Buffet costs range between $2.99 for some breakfast specials to $14.99 for some seafood-heavy smorgasbords.
- I came expecting a smorgasbord of seafood and found only soggy haddock and chips. Times, Sunday Times
- Atherton's schtick is to show off a smorgasbord of offerings - roasted turbot with five-spice oxtail, say, or grilled spring lamb with cinnamon sweetbreads.
- The word smorgasbord doesn't really do justice to this random assortment. The Guardian World News
- This movement carries a smorgasbord of bait to schools of fish ganged in or near the cuts.
- The hoped-for corrective is "Pacific Standard Time," a Getty-encouraged, Getty-subsidized nearly $10 million in grants collaboration among 60 Southern California institutions resulting in a smorgasbord of everything from handcrafted furniture to hard-edge painting, from guerrilla street performances to sculpture in aerospace materials—all made in California over the past 70 years or so—in shows rolling out over the next six months. Laying Claim to Its Place in the Sun
- It is not one big amorphous blob; it's a smorgasbord. Times, Sunday Times
- True, this leads to potential confusion when ordering from the smorgasbord of delights at a fish and chip shop.
- Since thematic units should run for more than a week, the author has provided below a smorgasbord of foods that can be mixed and matched for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
