1. a hot drink made with ale or wine, spices, and often baked apples, traditionally consumed during winter celebrations
Usage: traditional; seasonal
2. a festive celebration or party, especially one involving drinking and singing
Usage: traditional

1. to go from house to house singing carols, especially at Christmas
Usage: traditional
2. to celebrate with drinking and merrymaking
Usage: traditional

Examples

• The family prepared a warm wassail with cinnamon and nutmeg for Christmas Eve.
• The traditional wassail bowl was passed around the table during the holiday feast.
• Children would wassail through the neighborhood on Christmas night, singing carols for treats.
• The villagers gathered to wassail in the town square, celebrating the winter solstice.
• She served hot wassail to the carolers who came to her door.
• The recipe for wassail has been passed down through generations in their family.
• They decided to wassail at the local pub after the Christmas service.