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repasts 1 of 2

noun

plural of repast
as in meals
food eaten or prepared for eating at one time monks taking their evening repast in silence

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2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of repast
as in banquets

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repasts
  1. meals
  2. feasts
  3. menus
  4. dines
  5. partakes
Noun
  • Some of their desserts, slow cooker meals and single-serve options are getting the axe.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • That might mean team meals in town, visits to memorials and zoos and just mingling with locals — anything to pick up on a city’s vibe.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of meals
Verb
  • Jordan Clarkson, New York Clarkson rebirthed his career in New York as a role-playing bench wing who feasts on offensive boards (no, really) and plays more defense than the Utah version.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.
    — Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
Definition of feasts
Noun
  • Seasonal menus celebrate New Orleans history through local ingredients like Louisiana strawberries, smoked pecan bitters, Peychaud’s bitters, and Herbsaint rinses.
    — Kristin Braswell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Its breakfast, lunch and dinner menus aren’t changing, but thanks to a bigger pastry case, there is more availability of sweet treats like cakes and tarts.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of menus
Verb
  • The cocktails are available to any guest who dines at Broken Shaker.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Every guest after the first 100 who dines in from Saturday through Monday can get a buy one, get one beef pepper rice.
    — Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of dines
Verb
  • Too many corn dogs, too little time The California State Fair partakes annually in a beloved all-American tradition, with an arguably more challenging twist.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
  • This mystery is critical to anyone who partakes in the digital world because multiplication is a foundational operation for computers.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of partakes
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“Repasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repasts. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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