potlatch

potlatch antonyms

potlatch definitions

verb
  • To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony. 

  • To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony. 

noun
  • A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck. 

  • A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.