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Picnic

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members partake of a collation or repast (usually in the open air, and from food carried by themselves).

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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Holiday 76% connected

A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.

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Labor 76% connected

Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort di…

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Labour 76% connected

productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill"

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Meal 76% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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Project 76% connected

The place from which a thing projects, or starts forth.

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Repast 76% connected

The act of taking food.

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Task 76% connected

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.

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Undertaking 76% connected

of Undertake

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Vacation 76% connected

The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Cinch 74% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cinch 74% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Picnicker 74% connected

One who takes part in a picnic.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Picnicker 74% connected

One who takes part in a picnic.

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Synonym 4

Breeze 92% connected

Alt. of Breeze fly

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cinch 92% connected

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Outing 92% connected

The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snap 92% connected

To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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