- a refreshing or being refreshed
- something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest
- [pl.] food or drink or both, esp. as a light meal
Origin of refreshment
Middle English refreshement from Middle French refreschement
Delicious refreshments of tea and cakes.
Refreshment is something you eat, drink, or do to make yourself feel more energetic or stronger.
An example of refreshment is having a cup of tea during a break at a conference.
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noun
- The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed.
- Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes.
- often refreshments A snack, light meal, or drink.
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Noun
(plural refreshments)
- The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
- A light snack or fresh drink without alcohol.
Origin
Recorded since 1665; either directly or via refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern rafraîchir), itself from re- "again" + fresche "fresh" (Modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris etc.)
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Sentence Examples
- "Would not your excellency like a little refreshment?" he said.
- Below the surface, and as they become crowded they should be taken up and replanted with a refreshment of the soil, at least every five or six years.
- In the refreshment room and the hall, footmen were bustling about with wine and viands.
- The revenue is derived partly from subscriptions, partly from gate-money, from the fine concert-hall and refreshment pavilions, and from sales.
- The Dutch East India Company cared nought for the progress of the colony - provided only that they had a refreshment station for their richly laden fleets, and that the English, French, Danes and Portuguese had not.
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