Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed.
- noun Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes.
- noun A snack, light meal, or drink.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; relief after exhaustion, etc.
- noun That which refreshes; a recreation; that which gives fresh strength or vigor, as food, drink, or rest: in the plural it is now almost exclusively applied to food and drink.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.
- noun That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The action of
refreshing ; a means ofrestoring strength, energy orvigour . - noun A light
snack or fresh drink without alcohol.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun snacks and drinks served as a light meal
- noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was every kind of hot and cold liquors; everything which can be the most widely and the most splendidly comprehended under the term refreshment:
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There was every kind of hot and cold liquors; everything which can be the most widely and the most splendidly comprehended under the term refreshment:
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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There was every kind of hot and cold liquors; everything which can be the most widely and the most splendidly comprehended under the term refreshment:
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 02 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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What do you think of when you hear the word refreshment?
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What do you think of when you hear the word refreshment?
snow fly Happy 2008
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Three, all under two years old, alternately made staggering rushes to the edge of the unguarded trap-door – and were rescued just in time to prevent their committing suicide in the depths – and rushes to obtain refreshment from the breasts of their mothers, which were conveniently exposed.
High Albania Mary Edith 1909
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In such living, personal character and taste would flower as never before; the home of each individual would be at last a true personal expression; and the union of individuals in marriage would not compel the jumbling together of all the external machinery of their lives, – a process in which much of the delicacy and freshness of love, to say nothing of the power of mutual rest and refreshment, is constantly lost.
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Somehow, in spite of myself, my despair was slipping away and a feeling of - "refreshment" - seems somehow the best word-was rising within me.
The Courts of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1978
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Because it is ordained for spiritual refreshment, which is conformed to corporeal refreshment.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Tenth -- If possible avoid patronizing the so-called refreshment wagons or dining cars, which are expensive and uniformly bad.
Europe Revised 1910
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