Banquet+or+feast

  • 1banquet — *dinner, feast …

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  • 2banquet — I. n. Feast, entertainment, regalement, treat. II. v. n. Feast, be regaled with good eating and drinking. III. v. a. Treat with a banquet or feast, regale, entertain festally, feast …

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  • 3feast — Synonyms and related words: High Holiday, High Holy Day, Lucullan feast, Mardi Gras, Sabbath, Saturnalia, Sunday, allay, anniversary, appease, assuage, bank holiday, banquet, bean feast, beano, birthday, blow, blowout, board, bread, bread and… …

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  • 4banquet — noun the awards banquet Syn: feast, dinner; informal spread, blowout Ant: snack …

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  • 5Feast — (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more… …

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  • 6Feast day — Feast Feast (f[=e]st), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f[^e]te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Fair}, n., {Festal}, {F[^e]te}.] 1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or… …

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  • 7feast´er — feast «feest», noun, verb. –n. 1. a rich meal prepared for some special occasion, usually a joyous one, and for a number of guests; banquet: »We went to the wedding feast. 2. an unusually delicious or abundant meal. 3. Figurative. something that… …

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  • 8Banquet — Ban quet, n. [F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto, dim. of banco a bench, counter. See {Bank} a bench, and cf. {Banquette}.] 1. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or… …

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  • 9feast — [fēst] n. [ME feste < OFr < VL festa < pl. of L festum, festival < festus, festal, joyful, orig., of days for religious observance: see FAIR2] 1. a celebration or festival; esp., a periodic religious celebration, as in honor of God or …

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  • 10Banquet — Ban quet, v. i. 1. To regale one s self with good eating and drinking; to feast. [1913 Webster] Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To partake of a dessert after a feast …

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