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refreshment

UK/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/

refreshment noun: the process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

Noun

refreshment (countable and uncountable, plural refreshments)

  1. The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
  2. (countable, plural-normally, usually) That which refreshes, such as a light snack or drink.
    • All refreshments will be provided by the hosts.
    • He was very friendly and polite to John, and after giving us a slight look, he called a groom to take us to our boxes, and invited John to take some refreshment.[1877], Anna Sewell, “Earlshall”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part II, page 101
  3. The result of being refreshed.

refreshment meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

refreshment in Tamil

process of refreshing
புத்துணர்ச்சி puttuṇarcci, புத்துணர்வு puttuṇarvu
light snack or drink
சிற்றுண்டி ciṟṟuṇṭi

refreshment in Urdu

چائے پانی, طعام, تازہ دلی, تفریح, زندہ دلی

refreshment in Bengali

জলখাবার, সতেজতা

refreshment in Malayalam

ക്ഷീണം തീർക്കൽ, വിശ്രമം, അല്പഭക്ഷണം
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refreshment in Kannada
ತಿಂಡಿ, ಕುಡಿಗೆ, ಉಪಹಾರ, ಚೈತನ್ಯತುಂಬುವ ಆಹಾರ
refreshment in Sanskrit
अवस avasa

Examples of refreshment in a sentence

  • We stopped for refreshments every ten miles.
  • A few grazers were visiting the refreshments table, but most people were waiting for the presentation to start.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:advanced refreshment.

All 36 example sentences with refreshment

Synonyms of refreshment

All synonyms of refreshment

Forms of refreshment

pluralrefreshments

Plural of refreshment: refreshments

Origin of refreshment

Recorded since 1665; either directly or via Middle English refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern French rafraîchir), itself from re- (“again”) + fresche (“fresh”) (modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris, etc.)

Words formed from refreshment

Phrases with refreshment

Questions about refreshment

What does refreshment mean?
Refreshment means the process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.
What is refreshment in Tamil?
Refreshment in Tamil is புத்துணர்ச்சி (puttuṇarcci), புத்துணர்வு (puttuṇarvu), சிற்றுண்டி (ciṟṟuṇṭi). See Refreshment meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is refreshment?
Refreshment is a noun.
How do you pronounce refreshment?
Refreshment is pronounced /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of refreshment?
The plural of refreshment is refreshments.

Words near refreshment in the dictionary

  1. refreshing
  2. refreshing someone's memory
  3. refreshingly
  4. refreshingness
  5. refreshings
  6. refreshment
  7. refreshment car
  8. refreshment cars
  9. refreshment room
  10. refreshment rooms
  11. Refreshment Sunday

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: refreshment (page history and authors); refreshment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refreshment (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refreshment (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refreshment (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अवस (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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