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"REFRESHMENTS" is a plural of: refreshment. |
Date "REFRESHMENTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1415. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
General | Food or beverages, whether or not for sale, for informal consumption. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Refreshments of public men, etc. BRAHAM'S favourite refreshment was bottled porter. BYRON almost lived on uncanny foods, such as garlic pottage, raw artichokes and vinegar, broths of bitter herbs, saffron biscuits, eggs and lemons. CATALANI'S favourite refreshment was sweetbreads. CONTRALTO SINGERS can indulge even in pork and pease-pudding. COOK (G. F.) indulged in everything drinkable. DISRAELI (Lord Beaconsfield), champagne. EMERY, cold brandy and water. GLADSTONE, an egg beaten up in sherry. HENDERSON, gum arabic and sherry. INCLEDON (Mrs.), Madeira. JORDAN (Mrs.), Calves'-foot jelly dissolved in warm sherry. KEAN (Edmund), beef-tea for breakfast; brandy neat. KEMBLE (both John and Charles), rump-steaks and kidneys. John indulged in opium. LEWIS, oysters and mulled wine. MALIBRAN, a dozen native oysters and a pint of half-and-half. SIDDONS (Mrs.), mutton-chops, either neck or chump, and porter. SMITH (William), coffee. SOPRANOS eschew much butcher's meat, which baritones may indulge in. TENORS rarely indulge in beef-steaks and sirloins. WOOD (Mrs.), draught porter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Refreshment | Refreshment stand; refreshments; ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: REFRESHMENTS |
| English words defined with "REFRESHMENTS": Coffeeroom ♦ milk bar ♦ tea cart, tea garden, tea trolley, tea wagon, teacart. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "REFRESHMENTS": BLOOD-DONOR-UNIT ASSISTANT, BUS ATTENDANT ♦ CABANA ATTENDANT, CAR HOP, CATERER HELPER, child-care leader, child-day-care center worker ♦ day care worker, director, recreation, DIRECTOR, SOCIAL, drive-in waiter/waitress ♦ HISTORIC-SITE ADMINISTRATOR, HOST/HOSTESS, HOUSE WORKER, GENERAL, housekeeper, home ♦ MANAGER, FOOD CONCESSION, Market-penny ♦ NURSERY SCHOOL ATTENDANT ♦ PERSONAL ATTENDANT, PRESS-BOX CUSTODIAN ♦ refreshment break ♦ SALESPERSON-DEMONSTRATOR, PARTY PLAN. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Don't be an idiot, Stinky, it means Refreshments Served at Vito's Party! (Growing Pains; writing credit: Kevin Abbott; Jay Abramowitz) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | M&M Live Bait Store features tackle, live bait, and refreshments for the recreational fisherman. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | M&M live bait store features tackle and refreshments as well as live bait. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | The M&M Live Bait Store features tackle, live bait, and refreshments. Credit: Fisheries. |  | [Red Cross volunteer canteen workers serve refreshments to all blood donors]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Refreshments by the way. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The porch party : the refreshments were perfectly delicious, everybody said. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The children crowd and push to reach refreshments at Halloween party. Shafter migrant Camp, California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Outdoor refreshments for tourists near Tampa, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A limited express: five seconds for refreshments! / Thos. Worth. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman selling refreshments from tray at railway station. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Support groups are not appropriate for everyone, and some CFS patients may find that a support group actually adds to their stress rather than relieving it. Most support groups are free, collect voluntary donations, or charge modest membership dues to cover basic expenses (e.g. refreshments at meetings or photocopying costs). (references) | |
Children | India | Young children were taken in a long procession during the midday heat and were provided insecticide-ridden food as refreshments. (references) |
Travel | Austria | The best known Austrian venue for refreshments is the coffeehouse. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Sales Seminar services include use of a Power Point projector, overhead projector, audio-visual equipment, arrangements for professional translation services, refreshments, and use of a conference room. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "REFRESHMENTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 96.53% of the time. "REFRESHMENTS" is used about 317 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 96.53% | 306 | 16,534 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.47% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 317 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "REFRESHMENTS": offer refreshments. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "REFRESHMENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وجبات طعام خفيفة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | закуски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 小吃 (snack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | let måltid og drikkevarer (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), forfriskninger (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verfrissingen (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), snacks (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), hapjes en dranken (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | virvokkeita. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rafraîchissements. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erfrischungen (refections, refreshment bar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σάντουιτς και αναψυκτικά (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), ελαφρύ γεύμα και αναψυκτικά (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rinfreschi (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), spuntino (bite, snack), piccolo rinfresco (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 茶" (tea and cakes or sweets), 粗" (poor refreshments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そか (poor refreshments), さか (hill, slope, tea and cakes or sweets), ちゃか (tea and cakes or sweets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bee as jough. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | efreshmentsray refrescos (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks), snack (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) zacuscã. (various references) освежение. (various references) osveženje (refresher, refreshment). (various references) refrescos (light meals and drinks, refreshment break, snacks and drinks), consumiciones (light meals and drinks, snacks and drinks). (various references) förfriskningar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "REFRESHMENTS" (pronounced rufre"shmunts) |
| 6 | -sh m u n t s | accomplishments, blandishments, establishments, punishments. |
| 5 | -m u n t s | abandonments, abatements, accompaniments, accouterments, achievements, adjustments, advancements, advertisements, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amusements, announcements, apartments, appointments, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, assessments, assignments, attachments, basements, battlements, bombardments, claimants, commandments, commitments, compartments, complements, condiments, copayments, curtailments, deferments, departments, deployments, derailments, developments, disagreements, disappointments, disbursements, displacements, divestments, documents, elements, embarrassments, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, environments, equipments, escarpments, experiments, figments, filaments, formants, fragments, garments, governments, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implements, impoundments, improvements, incitements, increments, indictments, inducements, informants, infringements, installments, instruments, investments, involvements, judgements, judgments, ligaments, managements, measurements, misjudgments, misstatements, moments, monuments, movements, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, parliaments, pavements, payments, pigments, placements, postponements, predicaments, prepayments, procurements, pronouncements, readjustments, realignments, reassignments, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, regiments, reimbursements, reinforcements, repayments, replacements, requirements, resentments, restatements, retirements, retrenchments, rudiments, sacraments, sediments, segments, sentiments, settlements, shipments, statements, supplements, temperaments, tenements, tournaments, treatments, undergarments, underpayments. |
| 4 | -u n t s | abortifacients, accelerants, accidents, accountants, adherents, adolescents, agents, ancients, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, applicants, aspirants, assailants, assistants, astringents, attendants, belligerents, celebrants, clients, coefficients, combatants, complainants, components, consonants, constants, constituents, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, cormorants, correspondents, covenants, Crosscurrents, currents, decedents, decongestants, defendants, defoliants, delinquents, deodorants, dependents, depressants, descendants, descendents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, deviants, disinfectants, dispersants, dissidents, docents, elephants, emigrants, entrants, equivalents, exponents, fluorescents, frequents, giants, grandparents, hydrants, immigrants, incidents, incompetents, incumbents, independents, indigents, infants, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, insurgents, irritants, lieutenants, litigants, lubricants, merchants, migrants, militants, miscreants, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, oxidants, pageants, parents, participants, patents, patients, peasants, pennants, pheasants, pollutants, precedents, presents, propellants, proponents, protestants, reagents, recipients, refrigerants, Regents, registrants, remnants, residents, respondents, rodents, savants, sealants, sergeants, serpents, servants, solvents, stimulants, students, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, talents, tenants, torrents, transients, tyrants, undercurrents, vagrants, variants, warrants. |
| 3 | -n t s | accents, accounts, affronts, amounts, ants, appoints, aunts, ballpoints, blueprints, blunts, brents, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, comments, complaints, compliments, confidants, confronts, consents, constraints, contents, counts, croissants, dachshunds, debutantes, dents, descents, disappoints, discontents, discounts, dissents, eggplants, events, ferments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fonts, footprints, forints, fronts, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, implants, imprints, intents, invents, jaunts, joints, laments, malcontents, mints, misrepresents, mounts, paints, pants, percents, pinpoints, pints, plants, points, portents, presidents, prevents, prints, punts, quints, recounts, rents, represents, reprints, resents, restaurants, restraints, saints, scents, splints, sprints, standpoints, stints, storefronts, stunts, sweatpants, taints, taunts, tents, tints, torments, transplants, underpants, vents, viewpoints, wants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-h-m-n-r-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: refreshment. | |
-2 letters: fermenters, fresheners, refreshens. | |
-3 letters: fermenter, freshener, referents, refreshen, refreshes, steersmen. | |
-4 letters: enmeshes, enterers, ferments, freeness, freshens, freshest, freshets, freshmen, meetness, reenters, referent, semester, serenest, sheerest, sheeters, shereefs, sneerers, steerers, terreens, terrenes. | |
-5 letters: enserfs, enterer, entrees, esteems, ethenes, ferment, ferrets, festers, freemen, freshen, fresher, freshes, freshet, hefters, meeters, mestees, nemeses, nesters, reefers, reenter, refresh. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 46 52 45 53 48 4D 45 4E 54 53 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ..-. .-. . ... .... -- . -. - ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01000110 01010010 01000101 01010011 01001000 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E F R E S H M E N T S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0046 0052 0045 0053 0048 004D 0045 004E 0054 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)523940523953424739485453 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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