3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

refreshment

noun

1: snacks and drinks served as a light meal

2: 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" [syn: {recreation}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Refreshment \Re*fresh"ment\ (-ment), noun [CF. OF. refreschissement, F. rafra[^i]chissement.]

1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression.

2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; especially, an article of food or drink.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

97 Moby Thesaurus words for "refreshment": aerage, aeration, air conditioning, air cooling, airing, aliment, alimentation, bite, board, case hardening, chow, collation, cross-ventilation, eatables, eats, edibles, enlivenment, entertainment, exhilaration, face-lift, feed, food, fortification, furbishment, grub, hardening, invigoration, keep, light lunch, light meal, light repast, meal, meat, mess, new birth, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, oxygenation, oxygenization, pabulum, palingenesis, palingenesy, pap, perflation, reanimation, rebirth, reconditioning, recrudescence, refection, refreshments, refurbishment, regalement, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, reinforcement, reinvigoration, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, renaissance, renascence, renewal, renovation, repas, repast, restoration, restorative, restrengthening, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, retread, retreading, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, second wind, second youth, slum clearance, snack, snacks, spot of lunch, spread, stimulation, strengthening, support, sustenance, table, tempering, tonic, treat, urban renewal, ventilation

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