repast

[US]/rɪ'pɑːst/
[UK]/rɪ'pæst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a meal
vi. to dine, to have a meal

Phrases & Collocations

Enjoying a repast

Afternoon repast

Sumptuous repast

Example Sentences

a Lucullan repast for one.

He pictured the flavourless solitude of Trenor's repast .

Build repast environment, place anadem of a Christmas simply to be able to be done easily calm.

enjoying a delicious repast

prepare a lavish repast

host a formal repast

gather for a communal repast

share a simple repast with friends

a leisurely repast in the garden

enjoy a light repast before bed

a traditional repast for the holiday

a quick repast between meetings

savoring a homemade repast

Real-world Examples

That repast celebrated a good harvest year, but that was not a feast that included turkey.

Source: Thanksgiving Matters

None observed that the uninviting pittance set aside for his midday repast, remained for several days untouched.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Jack Pumpkinhead watched Tip curiously, but refused to join in the repast.

Source: The Wonderful Adventures of Oz: The Pumpkin Man

That first repast in Endelstow Vicarage was a very agreeable one to young Stephen Smith.

Source: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

There were a great many people to luncheon. The repast lasted ten minutes; no liqueurs were served, which astonished the doctor.

Source: Madame Bovary (Part One)

Ten-second trivia: The " midday repast" is also known as what?

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2017 Compilation

It was his own repast, it was his own bed, which the bellringer had gone in search of.

Source: Marriage and Love

The men's dining-room was now an immense apartment, supplying ample room for five hundred people at each repast.

Source: Women's Paradise (Middle)

After our delicious repast of fruits and cold, clear water we set off again to reach the port of Stromboli.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

It was not four and twenty hours ago since they had met there to the same repast, but in circumstances how different!

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

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