potluck

noun

Definition of potlucknext
as in picnic

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Recent Examples of potluck If those don't match your vibe, America's Test Kitchen has pulled together potluck recipes from every state. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Participants are encouraged, potluck-style, to bring a dish, ingredient or drink that others can enjoy. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 Potlucks are a joyful way to gather, and potluck desserts are the sweet ending to a communal meal. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026 Pasta salad is a classic potluck dish or simple weeknight dinner. — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for potluck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for potluck
  1. picnic
  2. barbecue
  3. cookout
  4. banquet
  5. roast
  6. bake
  7. dinner
  8. clambake
Noun
  • For the program, visitors are welcome to bring chairs and picnics and stay for the afternoon.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • After all, a park vacation featuring hikes and picnics is a relatively affordable alternative to an international trip.
    — Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of picnic
Noun
  • Guests spill out onto the three-part terrace, with its overhead heaters, barbecue space, and The Cigar Garden, where tobacco lovers can take their pick of Havanas from the humidor and lose themselves in a smoky haze until closing time.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • Camping chairs can be used at home for extra seating, a barbecue, the park, sports games and dozens of other gatherings.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of barbecue
Noun
  • On July 4, the family hosted a memorial cookout with games, raffles and prizes to help raise money for Palaquibay’s funeral.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
  • Biting into a juicy hamburger hot off the grill is one of our favorite parts of a summer cookout.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Definition of cookout
Noun
  • The banquet makes a bold visual comparison of the two women, in fact.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • The form Plato writes in, perhaps invents, of the dinner party with speeches, Steiner’s ‘banquet’ form, pulls against the intellectual content its characters express.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of banquet
Noun
  • Food and drink Days here start at Rice Kitchen, the all-day diner doling out breakfasts of avocado toast with roast tomatoes and white asparagus, and fruit- and flower-topped little bowls of yogurt from Da Lat.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • Dhillon wrote and stars in the new series, which unfolds in the Los Angeles world of standup comedy and roast battles.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2026
Definition of roast
Noun
  • One popular preparation is to clean the fish by removing the head and innards, then grill, bake or lightly fry them.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • This comes after Deadline revealed that The Traitors producer had won the bake-off to produce the show, which saw around 50 production companies vie for the order.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Definition of bake
Noun
  • Tables sit close enough to the sand that dinner feels like part of the beach.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • The hours between finishing work for the day and going out to dinner are the calm before the storm.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of dinner
Noun
  • The clambake is ready when the clams have fully opened, the potatoes are tender, the broth is bubbling and the sausage is heated through.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Fittingly for a film about a foodie such as Bourdain, the cast, director, and audience headed downcoast for a lively beachside clambake outside the cozily rustic Provincetown Inn.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 June 2026
Definition of clambake

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“Potluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potluck. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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