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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repasts

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
  • Across residence halls, the regular rate to rent a single room at Sacramento State — not including meals — is about $1,600 per month under a nine-month agreement that includes winter break.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Some dogs may also seem less enthusiastic about meals if their food does not sit well with them.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 27 Aug. 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
  • The pecan fall flavor trend is one of the biggest storylines on café and grocery menus this autumn, joining maple, apple and a few surprise flavors that are pushing pumpkin spice out of the spotlight.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Young adults are just getting choosier about when a drink is actually worth it, and the ripple effects are showing up in surveys, menus and social feeds.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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