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-budget /-bʌdʒ I t/ COMB -budget combines with adjectives such as 'low' and 'big' to form adjectives which indicate how much money is spent on something, especially the making of a film. □  They were small, low-budget films, shot on location. □  …a big-budget adventure movie starring Mel Gibson.

budg|et|ary /bʌ dʒ I təri, [AM ] -teri/ ADJ [ADJ n] A budgetary matter or policy is concerned with the amount of money that is available to a country or organization, and how it is to be spent. [FORMAL ] □  Local authorities are reining in costs because of severe budgetary constraints.

budgie /bʌ dʒi/ (budgies ) N‑COUNT A budgie is the same as a budgerigar . [INFORMAL ]

buff /bʌ f/ (buffs , buffing , buffed )

1 COLOUR Something that is buff is pale brown in colour. □  He took a largish buff envelope from his pocket.

2 N‑COUNT You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For example, if you describe someone as a film buff , you mean that they know a lot about films. [INFORMAL ] □  Judge Lanier is a real film buff.

3 ADJ-GRADED You can describe someone, especially a man, as buff if they are in good physical shape with large muscles. [INFORMAL ] □  We all want to get a buff athlete's body.

4 VERB If you buff the surface of something, for example your car or your shoes, you rub it with a piece of soft material in order to make it shine. □ [V n] He was already buffing the car's hubs. ●  buff|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Regular buffing helps prevent nails from splitting.

buf|fa|lo /bʌ fəloʊ/ (buffaloes or buffalo ) N‑COUNT A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.

buff|er /bʌ fə ^r / (buffers , buffering , buffered )

1 N‑COUNT [N n] A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other. □ [+ against ] Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs. □  The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics. [Also + between ]

2 VERB If something is buffered , it is protected from harm. □ [be V -ed] The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers. [Also V n]

3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them. [mainly BRIT ]

4 N‑COUNT A buffer is an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time. [COMPUTING ]

bu ff|er state (buffer states ) N‑COUNT A buffer state is a peaceful country situated between two or more larger hostile countries. □  Poland before WWII acted as a buffer state between Germany and the USSR.

bu ff|er zone (buffer zones ) N‑COUNT A buffer zone is an area created to separate opposing forces or groups which belongs to neither of them.

buf|fet (buffets , buffeting , buffeted ) Pronounced /bʌ fe I , [AM ] bʊfe I / for meanings 1 to 3 , and /bʌ f I t/ for meanings 4 and 5 . 1 N‑COUNT [oft N n] A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table. □  …a buffet lunch.

2 N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station. □  We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.

3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. [BRIT ] in AM, use dining car 4 VERB If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. □ [be V -ed] Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. □ [V n] Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people. ●  buf|fet|ing (buffetings ) N‑COUNT □ [+ of ] …the buffetings of the winds.