dinner
IPA: dˈɪnɝ
noun
- A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
- The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
- An evening meal.
- A meal given to an animal.
- A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- (uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
verb
- (intransitive) To eat a dinner; to dine.
- (transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.
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Examples of "dinner" in Sentences
- Dinner is already served.
- The diner opens for the dinner.
- Dinner was a convivial occasion.
- The men discontinued their dinner.
- Then at dinner they overeat, and tuck in.
- The animals' wildness disconcerted the evening dinner.
- The head chef determines the menu and overall cost of the dinner.
- At the end of the dinner, the evening's champion idiot is selected.
- He invites all of the gentlemen present to a venison dinner that evening.
- The lunch menu does not consist of all the same entrees as the dinner menu.
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