About The Word Banquet
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Banquet
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What's The Definition Of Banquet?
[n] a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed; "a banquet for the graduating seniors"; "the Thanksgiving feast"
[n] a ceremonial dinner party for many people [v] partake in a feast or banquet [v] provide a feast or banquet for Synonyms | Synonyms for Banquet: feast | feast | feast | junket Related Terms | Find terms related to Banquet: bean-feast | beano | blow | blowout | carnival | carouse | celebration | do | do justice to | eat heartily | eat up | fair | feast | feed | festal board | festival | festive occasion | festivity | fete | field day | fiesta | gala | gala affair | gala day | gaudy | great doings | groaning board | harvest home | high jinks | indulge | jamboree | joyance | jubilation | kermis | Lucullan feast | mad round | Mardi Gras | merrymaking | party | picnic | polish the platter | put it away | regale | regalement | repast | revel | revelment | revelry | round of pleasures | Saturnalia | spread | treat | tuck | waygoose | wayzgoose | wine and dine See Also | dinner | dinner party | eat | gaudy | host | meal | repast | wine and dine Banquet In Webster's Dictionary \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 ceremonious feast, followed by
speeches.
2. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or
sweetmeats. [Obs.]
We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And
banquet be prepared here. --Massinger.
\Ban"quet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banqueted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Banqueting}.] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. --Coleridge. \Ban"quet\, v. i. 1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets, I would not taste thy treasonous offer. --Milton. 2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [Obs.] Where they did both sup and banquet. --Cavendish. |
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