Synonyms for refreshment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-fresh-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfrɛʃ mənt |
Définition of refreshment
Origin :- late 14c., "act or fact of refreshing," originally mental and spiritual, from Old French refreschement (Modern French rafraîchissement, from refreschier (see refresh). Refreshments, of food and drink only, from 1660s.
- noun small amount of food or drink
- Three men had just came out of the refreshment bar under the stand.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Some refreshment is ordinarily procurable there, but it is not much of a place.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- He told the servant to provide the messenger with refreshment, then turned to his guest.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- He then awaited, with perfect composure, the refreshment he had ordered.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
- Nearer, I observed a refreshment pavilion and a dancing platform.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Persuaded by him he had submitted to seek the refreshment of sleep.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He entered an hotel near Charing Cross, and ordered some refreshment and a bed.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- I sha'n't take anything at the refreshment bar, it reeks of the Institute.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- They had all the trouble in the world to find a free table in the refreshment room.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Juve sent his second in command for a bottle of water from the refreshment buffet.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
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