supper

IPA: sˈʌpɝ

noun

  • Food consumed before going to bed.
  • Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
  • A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

verb

  • To consume a snack before going to bed.
  • To eat dinner.
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Examples of "supper" in Sentences

  • The ordinances are baptism and the Lord's supper.
  • The church observes baptism and the Lord's Supper.
  • In effect, the meal was symbolic of the Last Supper.
  • Supper was cornbread, fried potatoes, and pinto beans.
  • I had a slice of pizza and a bowl of soup as a supper.
  • At bedtime, the supper is left on the table for the souls.
  • Kids say the supper is a huge upgrade over the skimpy snacks.
  • The sacraments of the church are baptism and the Lord's Supper.
  • The church firmly stresses the real presence in the Lord's Supper.
  • The final scene in the tavern parodies the painting 'The Last Supper'.
  • Characteristically he is known in the sharing together of the Lord's Supper.
  • Now the term supper club to me conjures up images of 80yo's and membership cards.
  • Then they found a small restaurant and got what they called supper, although it was not a very good meal.
  • We change our dinner into what you call supper, and we will have the dining table moved out under the trees there.
  • I don't know where the term supper club was coined, or if it is a Wisconsin thang, but I have asked friends out east and none of them have heard of the term.
  • With this in mind, and perhaps 18 local ears cocked in close attendance, when I reached the head of the Golden Fry queue I heard myself round off the word 'supper' in a ridiculous thrumming roll.

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