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

  • In our house the term dinner was reserved for special occasions and holidays.
  • When mamma and I sit down to what we call dinner, I always feel that there is
  • In Spain dinner is eaten late, ten, eleven p.m. late, so tapas are the solution.
  • What brings hundreds to the dinner is the appearance of alumni members who sign autographs and interact with guests.
  • Although the dinner is a traditional showcase for presidential humor, there was scathing backlash from Democrats, anti-war liberals and relatives of servicemembers.
  • '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. '
  • 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_?

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