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Word entry · 5 letters

feast

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"Large, elaborate meal"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /fiːst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aefstStarts with FEnds with T2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A large meal or celebration; also to enjoy greatly.

Word origin

From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.

Used in a sentence

  • The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
  • Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
  • We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Large, elaborate meal5 letters
02Large meal5 letters

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