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spread

noun [C] (MEAL)
 
 
/spred/ UK old-fashioned or US

Definition

a meal, especially one for a special occasion with a lot of different dishes arranged on a table: Sheila laid on (= made) a lovely spread for us.Meals and parts of meals
(Definition of spread noun (MEAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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