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Repast

The act of taking food.

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Broader term 7

Aliment 76% connected

That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: suste…

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Alimentation 76% connected

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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Nourishment 76% connected

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

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Nutriment 76% connected

That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment.

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Nutrition 76% connected

In the broadest sense, a process or series of processes by which the living organism as a whole (or its component parts or organs) is maintained in i…

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Sustenance 76% connected

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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Victuals 76% connected

Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands.

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Banquet 76% connected

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

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Breakfast 76% connected

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

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Buffet 76% connected

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

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Collation 76% connected

The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in genera…

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Dejeuner 76% connected

A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.

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Dinner 76% connected

The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

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Feast 76% connected

A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

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Lunch 76% connected

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.

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Luncheon 76% connected

A lump of food.

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Mess 76% connected

Mass; church service.

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Picnic 76% connected

Formerly, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table; now, an excursion or pleasure party in which the members par…

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Potluck 76% connected

Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal.

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Refection 76% connected

Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.

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Snack 76% connected

A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Supper 76% connected

A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

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Tea 76% connected

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent i…

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Tiffin 76% connected

A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to Engl…

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Component part 7

Course 70% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Dish 70% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Entremets 70% connected

A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

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Helping 70% connected

of Help

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Portion 70% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Sandwich 70% connected

Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.

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Serving 70% connected

of Serve

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Synonym 1

Meal 92% connected

A part; a fragment; a portion.

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