feast
noun/fiːst/
/fiːst/
- a large or special meal, especially for a lot of people and to celebrate something
- The cooks were busy preparing the wedding feast.
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc1- The migrating salmon provide a delicious feast for the brown bear.
- Villagers used to hold a great feast at harvest time.
- a feast of Spanish food and wine
- The wedding feast traditionally lasts three days.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delicious
- veritable
- big
- …
- give
- have
- hold
- …
- at a/the feast
- feast of
- a day or period of time when there is a religious festival
- the feast of Christmas
- on the feast of St John
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- movable
- celebrate
- day
- on the feast of
- feast of
- [usually singular] a thing or an event that brings great pleasure
- a feast of colours
- The evening was a real feast for music lovers.
- a veritable feast of music
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French feste (noun), fester (verb), from Latin festa, neuter plural of festus ‘joyous’. Compare with fete and fiesta.
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