refreshment

[US]/rɪˈfreʃmənt/
[UK]/rɪˈfreʃmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. light meal or snack; an opportunity to restore energy or strength.

Example Sentences

light refreshments are available.

refreshments will be available all afternoon.

We bought refreshments at the football match.

Would you care to partake of some refreshment?

hobbies and holidays are for refreshment and recreation.

The hostess served refreshments after the tennis matches.

I hurried down to the platform and into the refreshment room, Steve was nowhere to be seen.

Centurial Lotus Sports Center. 30 Yuan each time, 2 hours. There is a refreshment room on the 2nd floor.

In the afternoon, the local gentry go to some farm house and have tea, sillabub and other refreshments and then return in a... dance to the town and dance throughout the streets till dark.

Real-world Examples

“Have you been offered any refreshment? ”

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

Do you need any refreshments? I could make something.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

He greeted Fernand coolly and offered him refreshment.

Source: The Count of Monte Cristo: Selected Edition

A hot bath is a great refreshment after a day's work.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

And I wanna thank the decorating committee and those who made the refreshments.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

Um, reverend, why don't you have seat, and I will get some refreshments?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

Well, there is——there, is no refreshment committee.

Source: Gossip Girl Selected

The park authority decided to build the store as a refreshment center for them.

Source: "Selected Readings from China Daily"

What do they drink for refreshment?

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

What's that then? Free refreshments. Really? Yes, look here.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 8

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