banquet

Speech parts

1. banquet - Noun

2. banquet - Verb

Meaning

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.

To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.

To partake of a dessert after a feast.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spread feast fete festival gala reception dinner repast junket dinner party formal dinner saturnalia regatta sup banqueting
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Antonyms

lamentation FAST famine distress melancholy lament
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Hypernyms

host eat meal dinner repast dinner party

Hyponyms

gaudy wine and dine

Phrases with the word

banquet room last banquet concluding banquet banquet hall banquet chef after-banquet

Derivatives

banqueted banqueting

Examples

a banquet for the graduating seniors Source: Internet

the Thanksgiving feast Source: Internet

they put out quite a spread Source: Internet

According to one of the chroniclers of the time, he was given the epithet of the "Red" when in 981 he invited the most troublesome of the Roman families to a banquet, and proceeded to butcher them at dinner. Source: Internet

After medical examinations and wearing clean clothes, the boys waited hours on Friday afternoon in a state banquet hall before meeting Mr. Buhari and the governor of Katsina. Source: Internet

After the wedding the newlyweds were driven through Stockholm in a coach and then rowed in the antique royal barge Vasaorden to the royal palace where the wedding banquet was held. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Banqiao banque banque centrale banquet chef banquet hall banquet roll