Refreshment Definition

rĭ-frĕshmənt
refreshments
noun
refreshments
A refreshing or being refreshed.
Webster's New World
Something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest.
Webster's New World
Food or drink or both, esp. as a light meal.
Webster's New World

The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

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Noun

Singular:
refreshment
Plural:
refreshments

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

  • In the refreshment room and the hall, footmen were bustling about with wine and viands.

  • 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.

  • The revenue is derived partly from subscriptions, partly from gate-money, from the fine concert-hall and refreshment pavilions, and from sales.

  • There should be a refreshment trolley on the train.

  • He instituted temperance refreshment rooms, a congregational penny savings bank, and held services specially for the poor.

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Words Starting With

RREREF

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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refreshment

Words Starting With R and Ending With T

Starts With R & Ends With TStarts With RE & Ends With TStarts With R & Ends With NT

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With R11 Letter Words Ending With T