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noun
A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, countable, dated, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Whatever is available in a particular situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, also, attributive, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: fuddle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
To take part in a potluck, where each participant brings a meal to be shared by all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, intransitive
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noun
whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meal, repast
History
From pot + luck. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, sense 3 (“a shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought”) is unlikely to have been influenced by potlatch.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
