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

Example sentences :

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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