feastnoun
uk/fiːst/us/fiːst/feast noun (FOOD)
C1 [ C ] a special meal with very good food or a large meal for many people:
"What a feast!" she said, surveying all the dishes on the table.
a wedding feast
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- pot luck
- smorgasbord
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
feast noun (ENJOYABLE THING)
[ S ] something that is very enjoyable to see, hear, experience, etc.:
a visual feast
His food is a feast for the eyes as well as the palate.
[ S ] a collection of something to be enjoyed:
The team contains a veritable feast of international talent.
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Pleasure and happiness
- abandon
- afterglow
- bed
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss
- delirium
- exaltation
- exult
- felicity
- fulfilment
- fun
- gaiety
- glad
- goody
- joy
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilation
- mirth
- savour
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Groups and collections of things
feast noun (CELEBRATION)
[ C ] a day on which a religious event or person is remembered and celebrated:
the Feast of St James/the Passover
a Muslim feast day
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Religious festivals
- advent
- Ascension Day
- Ash Wednesday
- Chanukah
- Christmas
- Easter
- Easter Day
- Easter Sunday
- Eid
- epiphany
- Holy Week
- Mardi Gras
- movable feast
- Noel
- Palm Sunday
- Shrove Tuesday
- the Day of Atonement
- the holiday season
- Twelfth Night
- Whitsun
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