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
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