Meaning

noun snacks and drinks served as a light meal

noun activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

originRecorded since 1665; either directly or via Middle English refreschement, from Old French refrescher (12th century; modern French rafraîchir), itself from re- (“again”) + fresche (“fresh”) (modern French frais; from a Germanic source, cognate with Old High German frisc, modern German frisch, Dutch fris, etc.)

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