dinner

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
2. n. A banquet or formal meal in honor of a person or event.
3. n. The food prepared for either of these meals.
4. n. A full-course meal served at a fixed price; table d'hôte.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The principal meal of the day, taken at midday or later, even in the evening. In medieval and modern Europe the common practice, down to the middle of the eighteenth century, was to take this meal about midday, or in more primitive times even as early as 9 or 10 A. M. In France, under the old régime, the dinner-hour was at 2 or 3 in the afternoon; but when the Constituent Assembly moved to Paris, since it sat until 4 or 5 o'clock, the hour for dining was postponed. The custom of dining at 6 o'clock or later has since become common, except in the country, where early dinner is still the general practice. See extract under dinner-hour.
2. n. An entertainment; a feast; a dinner-party.
3. To take dinner; dine.

Wiktionary

1. n. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
2. n. An evening meal.
3. n. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
4. n. A meal given to an animal.
5. n. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
6. n. uncountable The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.
2. n. An entertainment; a feast.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a party of people assembled to have dinner together
2. n. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday