Refreshment meaning

rĭ-frĕshmənt
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The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
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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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A refreshing or being refreshed.
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Something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest.
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Food or drink or both, esp. as a light meal.
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A light snack or fresh drink without alcohol.
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The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed.
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Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes.
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A snack, light meal, or drink.
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Origin of refreshment

  • 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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Refreshment Sentence Examples

  • "Would not your excellency like a little refreshment?" he said.

  • 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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