noun
Meaning 1
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
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Synonyms: reception
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
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Synonyms: reception
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
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noun
A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
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Usage: archaic
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verb
To participate in a banquet; to feast.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To have dessert after a feast.
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Usage: obsolete
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verb
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: feast, spread
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meal, repast
noun
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: feast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dinner, dinner party
Narrower terms: gaudy
verb
partake in a feast or banquet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: feast, junket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eat
Narrower terms: wine and dine
verb
provide a feast or banquet for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: feast, junket
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: host
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.
Across languages
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