banquet
a lavish meal; feast.
a ceremonious public dinner, especially one honoring a person, benefiting a charity, etc.
to entertain or regale with a banquet: They banqueted the visiting prime minister in grand style.
to have or attend a banquet; feast: They banqueted on pheasant, wild boar, and three kinds of fish.
Origin of banquet
1synonym study For banquet
Other words from banquet
- ban·quet·er, ban·que·teer [bang-kwi-teer], /ˌbæŋ kwɪˈtɪər/, noun
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How to use banquet in a sentence
The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.
The banquet was paid for with public funds, and taxpayers were understandably upset.
A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
Another island tale purports that there was once a banquet arranged at the manor for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
A series of staircases winds under the lobby and opens onto a lavish banquet room, at once classical, futuristic, and whimsical.
My chief attended the banquet and I remained at home to hear the news when he returned.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowAfter the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanBaltasar's profane banquet: his sentence is denounced by a handwriting on the wall, which Daniel reads and interprets.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousDuring the banquet the room was filled with people of fashion, who went to see the grandees eat and drink.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe fourth scene, to the extreme right of the vault, represents the funeral banquet in honor of Vibia.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
British Dictionary definitions for banquet
/ (ˈbæŋkwɪt) /
a lavish and sumptuous meal; feast
a ceremonial meal for many people, often followed by speeches
(intr) to hold or take part in a banquet
(tr) to entertain or honour (a person) with a banquet
Origin of banquet
1Derived forms of banquet
- banqueter, noun
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