dinner (noun)
11dinner — noun 1 (C, U) the main meal of the day, eaten in the middle of the day or the evening: Would you like to come over for dinner on Friday? | We re having fish for dinner tonight. | Sunday/Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner etc (=a special meal eaten on… …
12dinner hour — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑dinner * * * dinner hour, any particular time when people usually eat dinner: »The dinner hour in Chicago is between 5:30 and 6:30 …
13dinner table — dinner ,table noun 1. ) count a table at which people eat their DINNER 2. ) singular a time when people are sitting at a table eating their dinner together, usually in the evening: No politics at the dinner table, please …
14dinner table — noun the dinner table a) an occasion when people are eating dinner together: That s not a very pleasant topic for the dinner table. b) the table at which people eat dinner compare dining table …
15dinner — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English diner, from Anglo French disner, diner meal, from disner to dine Date: 13th century 1. a. the principal meal of the day b. a formal feast or banquet 2. table d hote 2 …
16dinner bell — noun a bell rung to announce that dinner has been served • Hypernyms: ↑bell * * * dinner bell, a bell, gong, iron pipe, or the like, rung to announce dinner, especially as used on a farm to summon field hands …
17dinner coat — noun see dinner jacket * * * dinner coat or dinner jacket, a semiformal coat without tails, usually black with satin lapels, worn by men in the evening; the jacket of a tuxedo …
18dinner time — ˈdinner time f47 [dinner time] noun the time at which dinner is normally eaten …
19dinner — noun dinner will be served on the terrace Syn: evening meal, supper, main meal; lunch, midday meal; feast, banquet, dinner party; informal spread; humorous din din; formal repast …
20dinner pail — noun a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑dinner bucket • Hypernyms: ↑bucket, ↑pail …
