1
: a sumptuous feast
especially
: an elaborate and often ceremonious meal for numerous people often in honor of a person
a state banquet
2
: a meal held in recognition of some occasion or achievement
an awards banquet
banqueted; banqueting; banquets
: to partake of a banquet
The night before, after a typical 12-hour workday, the president banqueted until nearly midnight …—
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: to treat with a banquet : feast
They will be banqueting visiting dignitaries.
banqueter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of banquet in a Sentence
Noun
They held a banquet in his honor.
prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class
Verb
banqueted the returning troops at the military base
Recent Examples on the WebCharles Rabin, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Instead, the 1,100-square-foot Swann House, which opened for bookings Thursday, will be used as a ballroom and banquet hall with capacity for 85 people standing or 45 seated.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2014
But in many Western capitals the optics of the visit will look very different – two autocrats who have long described themselves as firm friends shaking hands and banqueting while a conflagration in Europe rages.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, during a Thursday afternoon press conference and with the county mayor at her side, said the brazen attack that left three people dead and 20 others injured outside the El Mula banquet hall was not a random act of violence.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
Instead, the 1,100-square-foot Swann House, which opened for bookings Thursday, will be used as a ballroom and banquet hall with capacity for 85 people standing or 45 seated.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2024
Verb
These men seem to devote most of their time to cultivating relationships with government officials and gang bosses in teahouses, karaoke parlors, and banqueting clubs.
—John Osburg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2014
But in many Western capitals the optics of the visit will look very different – two autocrats who have long described themselves as firm friends shaking hands and banqueting while a conflagration in Europe rages.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
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“Banquet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banquet. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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