Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
- noun A banquet or formal meal in honor of a person or event.
- noun The food prepared for either of these meals.
- noun A full-course meal served at a fixed price; table d'hôte.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principal meal of the day, taken at midday or later, even in the evening.
- noun An entertainment; a feast; a dinner-party.
- To take dinner; dine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.
- noun An entertainment; a feast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The main
meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. - noun An evening meal.
- noun A
midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is calledsupper ortea ). - noun A meal given to an animal.
- noun A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- noun uncountable The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a party of people assembled to have dinner together
- noun the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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At length the clock in the steeple of the "Old South" pronounced that the dinner hour had arrived -- and despite the intense cold, the street soon became alive with people hurrying to and fro; for what weather can induce a hungry man to neglect that important era in the events of the day -- his _dinner_?
Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life George Thompson
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'We had,' she records, in May 1779, 'a very grand dinner to-day, _though nothing to a Streatham dinner_, at the Ship Tavern [Brighton], where the officers mess, to which we were invited by the major and the captain. '
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767
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In our house the term dinner was reserved for special occasions and holidays.
Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010
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In our house the term dinner was reserved for special occasions and holidays.
Muffins and Mayhem Suzanne Beecher 2010
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In Spain dinner is eaten late, ten, eleven p.m. late, so tapas are the solution.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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In Spain dinner is eaten late, ten, eleven p.m. late, so tapas are the solution.
French Word-A-Day: 2007
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In Spain dinner is eaten late, ten, eleven p.m. late, so tapas are the solution.
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What brings hundreds to the dinner is the appearance of alumni members who sign autographs and interact with guests.
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Although the dinner is a traditional showcase for presidential humor, there was scathing backlash from Democrats, anti-war liberals and relatives of servicemembers.
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When mamma and I sit down to what we call dinner, I always feel that there is
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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This is just the "boy dinner" or "boy kibble" meme. AKA the gym bro meal. Pick your choice of ground meat. Add in a sauce. Eat it over rice or noods. Just rotate different meats, sauces, and veggies and you're pretty well covered nutrition wise.
Human kibble 2026
BrainyBabe commented on the word dinner
One evening, after that meal which the Otchkinsons, observing a finer distinction than the Ramerils, called dinner when they had company, but supper when they were alone... - ''Yashima, or, The Gorgeous West'' by R T Sherwood, 1931.
December 24, 2008