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/ˈsmɔɹɡəsˌbɔɹd/
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NOUN
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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
- The new objects of mass consciousness are not marches and peace signs, but things like est, gestalt, smorgasbord, hypnotism, tai chi, health food etc, etc.
- Our technical programmes in the schools were virtually eliminated by the new "smorgasbord" approach to education in which every student is able to choose every subject he may possibly want to learn: a little of this, a little of that, but nobody was to be streamed into any kind of technical education. Economic Strategy: the Myth of Provincial Impotence
- I came expecting a smorgasbord of seafood and found only soggy haddock and chips. Times, Sunday Times
- A smorgasbord subcommittee of pastors designed the evangelistic tract that would be handed out door to door.
- Words that sound funny after you say them repeatedly (ex. “tampons,” “smorgasbord,” “gleen”) and what they start to sound like (gleen=the word for fornication in the language of Sleestacks). Intersomnolence
- There was a smorgasbord of delicious food, most importantly some hard-boiled and deviled eggs.
- The highly publicized abortion debate overshadowed the rest of the platform that calls for a smorgasbord of constitutional amendments.
- In what can only be described as a pasty smorgasbord of angst, bloodlust, and infinite consumer tie-ins, the Torontoist
- Trains enable tourists to sit back, relax and enjoy a smorgasbord of spectacular vistas of Taiwan's lush, verdant countryside, breathtaking mountains and tranquil coastlines.
- Here the night will be boogied away by an A-list celebrity smorgasbord of movie stars, moguls, sports personalities and billionaires.
