JUNKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does junket mean?
• JUNKET (noun)
The noun JUNKET has 3 senses:
1. dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
2. a journey taken for pleasure
3. a trip taken by an official at public expense
Familiarity information: JUNKET used as a noun is uncommon.
• JUNKET (verb)
The verb JUNKET has 3 senses:
1. go on a pleasure trip
2. provide a feast or banquet for
3. partake in a feast or banquet
Familiarity information: JUNKET used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• JUNKET (noun)
Meaning:
Dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("junket" is a kind of...):
afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)
Meaning:
A journey taken for pleasure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
excursion; jaunt; outing; pleasure trip; junket; sashay; expedition
Context examples:
many summer excursions to the shore / it was merely a pleasure trip / after cautious sashays into the field
Hypernyms ("junket" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "junket"):
airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)
field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)
Meaning:
A trip taken by an official at public expense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("junket" is a kind of...):
trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))
• JUNKET (verb)
Meaning:
Go on a pleasure trip
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
junket; junketeer
Hypernyms (to "junket" is one way to...):
jaunt; travel; trip (make a trip for pleasure)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Provide a feast or banquet for
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
banquet; feast; junket
Hypernyms (to "junket" is one way to...):
host (be the host of or for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Partake in a feast or banquet
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
feast; banquet; junket
Hypernyms (to "junket" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "junket"):
wine and dine (eat sumptuously)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
