Explore Potluck through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like meal or repast. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Potluck meaning
- A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available.
- Whatever is available in a particular situation.
- 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.
Using Potluck
- The main meaning on this page is: A meal, especially one offered to a guest, consisting of whatever food is available. | Whatever is available in a particular situation. | 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.
- Useful related words include: meal, repast.
- In the example corpus, potluck often appears in combinations such as: potluck dinner, the potluck, with potluck.
Context around Potluck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Potluck
- In this selection, "potluck" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, center, annual, exciting, dinner, supper and breakfast stand out and add context to how "potluck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a friendsgiving potluck dinner party and a m potluck breakfast 10. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "potluck" sits close to words such as adjudged, aggravating and alamos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with potluck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bring a dish to share for the potluck. (8 words)
This will be their biggest, most exciting potluck yet. (9 words)
Ceramics in Jayanto Tan's 'Potluck Party Pai Ti Kong with the Ghosts'. (13 words)
The money raised at the potluck supper is to go to Partners for World Health, an organization in Portland that is helping to fill a shipping container to send medical supplies to the Turkey and Syria regions affected by the earthquake. (41 words)
A group of about 60 people are gathering at a local primary school, enjoying a potluck breakfast spread of eggs, bacon, bread, cereals and freshly cooked dishes served up by local teenagers. (32 words)
Community Plate, the nonprofit group seeking to battle the loneliness epidemic and build community through shared meals and stories, has announced its summer lineup of Story-Sharing Potluck Suppers. (29 words)
Avoid the hassle and opt for a potluck or order from a local restaurant (there are so many that offer holiday meals! (22 words)
Don’t forget to bring a dish for a potluck in the lobby as we continue the celebration together! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another recounted a disastrous group chat involving 20 people trying to organise a potluck dinner.
Avoid the hassle and opt for a potluck or order from a local restaurant (there are so many that offer holiday meals!
Bring a dish to share for the potluck.
But the community still held annual meetings with potluck dinners while discussing improvements and items that affected the community.
Ceramics in Jayanto Tan's 'Potluck Party Pai Ti Kong with the Ghosts'.
Mark your calendars for the Chappy Community Center potluck supper happening on Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.
My mom was highly competitive and loved when her food was the best at a potluck.
The families mountain biked, enjoyed the beach, nature walked, or played games outdoors before enjoying a potluck-style dinner together and sundown worship.
The money raised at the potluck supper is to go to Partners for World Health, an organization in Portland that is helping to fill a shipping container to send medical supplies to the Turkey and Syria regions affected by the earthquake.
This will be the annual potluck, and members attending are asked to bring a dish to share.
This will be their biggest, most exciting potluck yet.
Use this beauty to display your culinary creations at your next dinner party, or bring it to the neighborhood potluck and prepare to get a ton of compliments.
A group of about 60 people are gathering at a local primary school, enjoying a potluck breakfast spread of eggs, bacon, bread, cereals and freshly cooked dishes served up by local teenagers.
A group of people in their 30s and 40s crammed around a table covered in food at a Friendsgiving potluck dinner party in a loft apartment.
Community Plate, the nonprofit group seeking to battle the loneliness epidemic and build community through shared meals and stories, has announced its summer lineup of Story-Sharing Potluck Suppers.
Don’t forget to bring a dish for a potluck in the lobby as we continue the celebration together!
During Wednesdays in Lent, parishioners are invited to enjoy conversation and camaraderie at a potluck before the 6 p.m. Eucharist service.
Easter Sunday – 9 a.m. potluck breakfast, 10:30 a.m. Easter service with an Easter Egg Hunt to follow.
Every summer for several years, he and Willa hosted potluck cookouts and all were welcome.
Figuring the potluck was still happening, I turned around at Barr Rd. and headed back.
Common combinations with potluck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- potluck dinner 9×
- the potluck 9×
- with potluck 9×
- potluck lunch 7×
- for potluck 6×
- potluck supper 6×
- potluck and 5×
- potluck or 4×
- potluck in 3×
- to potluck 3×