wedding reception
noun [C] (also reception)Definition
› a party to celebrate the marriage ceremony of two people: The wedding will be held at St Martin's Church and the wedding reception at Crathorne Hotel.Relating to weddings
(Definition of wedding reception noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
Browse related topics
You are looking at an entry to do with Weddings, but you might be interested in these topics from the Family and relationships topic area:
- Enemies & rivals
- Family: ancestors & descendants
- Family: informal names
- Family: non-blood relations
- Family: relations in general
- Friendly
- Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
- Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships
- Marriage: marital status
- Not being friendly
- Relationships: ending & divorce
- Relationships: finding a partner
- Relationships: general words
- Relationships: infidelity
Browse the Dictionary
Browse the Thesaurus
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- always a bridesmaid, never the bride idiom
- arranged marriage noun
- bachelor party noun
- banns noun
- be joined in marriage/matrimony idiom
- elope verb
- get spliced idiom
- give sb away phrasal verb (MARRIAGE)
- go/walk down the aisle idiom
- golden wedding (anniversary) noun
- pageboy noun (BOY)
- plight verb
- pop the question idiom
- postnuptial adjective
- prenuptial adjective
- register office noun
- trousseau noun
- wed verb
- wedding noun
- white wedding noun
Topic:
Weddings
Our dictionaries
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
