Definition:
potlatch
- potlatchparty or celebration
- potlatch(among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, esp. the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass
- potlatchto host a ceremonial feast
- potlatcha ceremony at which gifts are bestowed on the guests in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.