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UK
/bˈæŋkwɪt/
]
[ US /ˈbæŋkwət/ ]
[ US /ˈbæŋkwət/ ]
NOUN
- a ceremonial dinner party for many people
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a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed
the Thanksgiving feast
they put out quite a spread
a banquet for the graduating seniors
VERB
- provide a feast or banquet for
- partake in a feast or banquet
How To Use banquet In A Sentence
- Its turrets and towers, its windows and its walls, its capacious kitchens, and its fine halls and banqueting rooms -- unspoiled by the hands of the "restorer" -- have gained for it the almost unchallenged position of being the finest baronial residence which still exists. Heiress of Haddon
- And while they were in the midst of their banqueting, the door was suddenly burst open, and the Dagda stood there, with his men.
- After the banquets, the concerts the table tennis exhibitor, he went home tiredly.
- The guests of the banquet sway extraneously from portrayals as parasites, wild, carnivorous beasts and ravenous dogs to spoilt brats at a kids' party to well mannered socialites.
- A delirious convention was taking place, a deranged banquet of the fathoms. RUSHING TO PARADISE
- Spoiled, greedy, selfish, North Americans, of which I am one, fearful of someone taking a crumb from a banquet table is what we are. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Illegal Immigration and the Rule of Law
- Having designed many elements in the hotel, from the bedside lamps to the banquette sofas, he has now set his sights on a much bigger challenge.
- Marriage documents were signed, felicitations offered, they sat down to a great banquet, and the new bride lay in her husband's lap... Elizabeth Abbott: Is New York's Gay Marriage Truly Historic?
- The tower was originally a summer banqueting house and allowed aristocratic ladies to watch their men hunting.
- There was also a live concert of indigenous music and a lavish banquet.