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refection noun[ C or U ] old-fashioneduk /rɪˈfek.ʃən/ us /rɪˈfek.ʃən/ food and drink, or a small meal: After our refection, we settled ourselves to work. After six very slow miles we halted, for rest and refection. The refection over, the three friends seated themselves comfortably in easy chairs. After taking his refection, the messenger had dropped into a doze seated on the bench. The labourers are taking a slight refection of coffee and currant buns to enable them to withstand the exhausting interval between six and eight o’clock. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Meals & parts of meals accompaniment afternoon tea afters amuse-bouche antipasto elevenses English breakfast feast feeding finger buffet plat du jour plate meal ploughman's lunch postprandial pot luck tea tea party teatime tiffin TV dinner |