Definition of entertainment

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Entertainment (n.) That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement..

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Fare :: Fare (v.) Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare..
Nautch :: Nautch (n.) An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.
Prepare :: Prepare (v. t.) To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment..
Entreaty :: Entreaty (n.) Treatment; reception; entertainment.
Drinking :: Drinking (n.) An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
Cheer :: Cheer (n.) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer..
Dinner :: Dinner (n.) An entertainment; a feast.
Entertaining :: Entertaining (a.) Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting.
Spread :: Spread (n.) A table, as spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast..
Procuration :: Procuration (n.) A sum of money paid formerly to the bishop or archdeacon, now to the ecclesiastical commissioners, by an incumbent, as a commutation for entertainment at the time of visitation; -- called also proxy..
Ridotto :: Ridotto (n.) A favorite Italian public entertainment, consisting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves..
Glee :: Glee (n.) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
Hospice :: Hospice (n.) A convent or monastery which is also a place of refuge or entertainment for travelers on some difficult road or pass, as in the Alps; as, the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard..
Afterpiece :: Afterpiece (n.) A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment..
Host :: Host (n.) One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord..
Entertain :: Entertain (n.) Entertainment.
Saloon :: Saloon (n.) A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat..
Gayety :: Gayety (a.) The state of being gay; merriment; mirth; acts or entertainments prompted by, or inspiring, merry delight; -- used often in the plural; as, the gayeties of the season..
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment..
Welcome :: Welcome (n.) Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor..
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