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  • 41supper — noun 1》 a light or informal evening meal. 2》 Scottish & N. English a meal consisting of the specified food with chips: a fish supper. Phrases sing for one s supper provide a service in return for a benefit. Derivatives supperless adjective Origin …

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  • 42supper */*/ — UK [ˈsʌpə(r)] / US [ˈsʌpər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms supper : singular supper plural suppers 1) the last main meal of the day, usually an informal meal that you eat at home See: dinner 2) British a very small informal meal that you …

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  • 43supper — see after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper …

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  • 44supper — [13] Supper started life as a verb. It was borrowed from Old French super, which was a noun use of the verb super ‘eat one’s evening meal’ (source of English sup ‘have supper’ [13]). This in turn was formed from the Germanic base *sup , which… …

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  • 45supper hour — noun a) suppertime, the hour in which the supper meal takes place b) the hour from 18h00 (6 p.m.) to 19h00 (7 p.m.) Syn: dinner hour, suppertime …

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  • 46Supper —    The principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor. 11:21). (See LORD S [612]SUPPER.) …

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  • 47supper — Synonyms and related words: TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner,… …

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  • 48Supper — Sup|per [ zapɐ, engl. sʌpə] das; [s], <aus engl. supper über (alt)fr. souper, vgl. ↑Souper> engl. Bez. für Abendessen …

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  • 49supper — noun I had a bowl of chili for my supper Syn: dinner, evening meal, main meal; snack, mealtime; formal repast; literary refection …

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  • 50supper — sup•per [[t]ˈsʌp ər[/t]] n. 1) cvb the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day 2) any light evening meal, esp. one taken late in the evening 3) an evening social event at which a supper is served to raise money for a church, charity,… …

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