Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: refreshment
IPA transcription: [ɹəfɹ'ɛʃmənt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: refreshment, recreation
    Meaning: activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends"
  • Synonyms: refreshment
    Meaning: snacks and drinks served as a light meal
Usage examples
  • People are thinning out, and we all want a little refreshment.
  • Then there would be a fifteen-minute rest and refreshment period.
  • Julia, there's Miss Daly and Miss Power will take some refreshment.
  • The young girl's pleasant words had warmed her heart, and the refreshment gave her more courage.
  • Bouquets were sold at a shilling each, and at the refreshment stall a glass of milk cost sixpence.
  • It was just because he was this, Isabel said to herself, that it was a refreshment to go and see him.
  • The flower table, of course had to be arranged on that day, and some things for the refreshment table.
  • It quickly disappeared, and he said, 'Will you take Miss Lawson to the refreshment room, Miss Laurence?
  • Mr. Redmain asked his visitor what he would have, as if, although it was quite early, he must, as a matter of course, stand in need of refreshment.
  • Having ascertained its situation, Carton came out of those closer streets again, and dined at a place of refreshment and fell sound asleep after dinner.