banquet

«banquet» in Mova's school dictionary: A large formal meal for many people, usually to celebrate… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (banquet, banquets); verb (banquet, rare)

meaning for a pupil

A large formal meal for many people, usually to celebrate something, with speeches. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and stories, kings held banquets in great halls with roast meat. Today schools and clubs hold banquets for awards. In Bible lessons, Jesus told stories of a great banquet to show that God invites everyone. Phrases: hold a banquet, a wedding banquet, banquet hall.

examples

• The king held a banquet for his knights. tree →
• We went to the sports banquet for the awards. tree →
• The banquet had five courses. tree →
• The wedding banquet lasted all evening. tree →
• In the story, a great banquet was ready but the guests made excuses. tree →
• The banquet hall was full of long tables. tree →

note

Say «BANG-kwit». Bigger and fancier than a dinner or a feast. Countable: a banquet, two banquets.

In the corpora

• No landing allowed»; there are stables and a very old banqueting-hall (a big dining hall for feasts).
• Only a door is between them and the banqueting-hall.
• Badger tells him there must be a Banquet to celebrate, and Toad must spend the morning writing the invitations.
• Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him?
• So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «banquet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.