noun. An elaborate, sumptuous repast.

noun. A ceremonial dinner honoring a particular guest or occasion.

transitive & intransitive verb . To honor at or partake of a banquet.

noun. A feast; a rich entertainment of food and drink.

noun. A light entertainment at the end of a feast; a dessert; a refection at which wine is drunk.

noun. A slight repast between meals: sometimes called running banquet.

noun. In fortification, same as banquette, 1.

noun. A small rod-shaped part of a horse's bridle coming under the eye.

To treat with a feast or rich entertainment.

To feast; regale one's self with good eating and drinking; fare daintily.

To take part in a light refection after a feast. See banquet, n., 2.

transitive verb. To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

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

noun. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.

intransitive verb. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.

intransitive verb. To partake of a dessert after a feast.

noun. A large celebratory meal; a feast.

verb. To participate in a banquet; to feast.

verb. To have dessert after a feast.

verb. provide a feast or banquet for

noun. a ceremonial dinner party for many people

noun. a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

verb. partake in a feast or banquet

"The first course in the banquet is a child's bleeding heart, and the other courses are equally gruesome; and they drink a toast to "the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war, the grand self-sacrifice that made us what we are.""

banqueted  banqueting  

host  meal  repast  

celebration  ceremony  concert  conference  dance  

Lucullan feast  Mardi Gras  Saturnalia  bean-feast  beano  

banqueted  banqueting  banquets