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Synonyms for clambake


Grammar : Noun
Spell : klam-beyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈklæmˌbeɪk

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Définition of clambake

Origin :
  • 1835, American English, from clam (n.) + bake (n.). By 1937 in jazz slang transferred to "an enjoyable time generally," especially "jam session."
  • As in assembly : noun congregation
  • As in picnic : noun outdoor meal
  • As in rally : noun celebratory meeting
  • As in potluck supper : noun a bring-a-dish supper
  • As in colloquy : noun conversation, debate
  • As in consultation : noun asking, conference
  • As in convention : noun conference
  • As in entertainment : noun amusement, pleasure
  • As in feast : noun banquet and celebration
  • As in festivity : noun celebration, revelry
  • As in gala : noun festival
  • As in gathering : noun assemblage, accumulation
Example sentences :
  • "That's one way to keep cool at a clambake," grinned the man in gray.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • That name was on the stone before I joined you at the clambake.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • "Oh, yes, your dolls can come to the clambake," agreed Bunny.
  • Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove » by Laura Lee Hope
  • There ought to be a public meeting about this, and resolutions, and perhaps a clambake.
  • Extract from : « Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • I remember I wanted very much to dress in white for the clambake, some weeks after that, but you wouldn't allow it.
  • Extract from : « Elsie at Home » by Martha Finley
  • There was to be a grand excursion and clambake at Setuckit Beach and all hands was going—four catboats full.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • One of these was an Indian clambake, neatly paved and piled with ashes and unopened clam shells.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899 » by Various
  • At eleven o'clock we had the clambake with beer in the kitchen, and Mr. von Inwald came, after all.
  • Extract from : « Where There's A Will » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I'm going to dig clams and catch crabs, and we'll have a clambake on shore, Sue.
  • Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove » by Laura Lee Hope
  • Not to know the delights of a clambake, not to love chowder, to be ignorant of lobscouse!
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dolphin » by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Antonyms for clambake

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