potluck

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.

   “Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.”

2. isim Whatever is available in a particular situation.

   “He at once resolved to accompany me to that island, ship aboard the same vessel, get into the same watch, the same boat, the same mess with me, in short to share my every hap; with both my hands in his, boldly dip into the Potluck of both worlds.”

3. isim A shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought (sometimes without prior arrangement); a potlatch; also, a dish of food brought to such a meal.

   “Then we had a potluck dinner. Each family brought a different dish. I always like Mrs. Rowlani's Persian rice best. I ate three helpings. Lisa likes it too, but she picks out the raisins and gives them to Fred [a dog].”

4. isim The last draft or portion of an alcoholic beverage in a pot or other drinking vessel.

   “We had but euen pot luck, a little to moyſten our lips, and no more.”

5. fiil To take part in a potluck, where each participant brings a meal to be shared by all.