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Definition of "refection" [re•fec•tion]

  • Refreshment with food and drink. (noun)
  • A light meal or repast. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "refection" in a sentence
  • "You see his reflection in a mirror, but the refection is moving and doing the same things he is, about a second after he does it."
  • "This grateful refection is still used in the harvest-field."
  • "For in the composing of this lordly book, I never lost nor bestowed any more, nor any other time than what was appointed to serve me for taking of my bodily refection, that is, whilst I was eating and drinking."