banquet
IPA: bˈæŋkwʌt
noun
- A large celebratory meal; a feast.
- A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
- (archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
verb
- (intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
- (obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
- (transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
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Examples of "banquet" in Sentences
- The third floor was the banqueting hall.
- The celebratory victory banquet was canceled.
- The banquet was followed by a ballet of nymphs and satyrs.
- Greene organizes the ramshackle but fun annual ER banquet.
- Rick Robins will be inducted during ceremonies at a banquet.
- The emperor agrees and the betrothal is announced at a banquet.
- The government was scared and overreacted and banned the banquet.
- The living room is also the venue for the annual Holiday Banquet.
- The culmination of the weekend is the Awards Banquet on Monday night.
- At the coronation banquet, the local wines of the regions were served.
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