'refreshments' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it to refer to food or drink that is served at a social gathering or other event. For example: "The hosts provided us with delicious refreshments throughout the evening."
Tony Stafford volunteers for the RVS at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge, offering support, refreshments and conversation to A&E patients.
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Norway and Sweden Despite being euro-free zones, Norway and Sweden are two of Europe's most expensive countries for food and drink, so avoid buying refreshments on the slopes.
Refreshments (tea, coffee, biscuits) are offered on all courses.
No line was available but, as the firing in the streets increased, we were given house room and refreshments and could not but observe the unalloyed joy of many in the embassy, notably the British naval representatives, at the coup.
She figured that offering refreshments might induce people to attend, and in October 2009 the first ever Repair Café was held in the foyer of Amsterdam's Fijnhout Theatre.
"It's going on a bit," agreed her husband, his mind doubtless turning to the promise of free light refreshments.
The pair would sit in the living quarters of the White House, "their knees almost touching" and refreshments flowing, while Dirksen brought up regulatory agencies or commissions that needed new members or leaders, and would mention people "ably suited" for the posts.
And as every caterer knows, the key to a successful social event lies in estimating numbers correctly, and adapting the refreshments accordingly.
The courtyard café provides refreshments and a place to rest.
After the speech, and with no refreshments in sight, many simply filed out of the church and into their cars, to the sounds of strings and flutes.
