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Definition of Dinner

1. Noun. The main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday. "On Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

2. Noun. A party of people assembled to have dinner together. "Guests should never be late to a dinner party"

Definition of Dinner

1. n. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

Definition of Dinner

1. Noun. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. ¹

2. Noun. An evening meal. ¹

3. Noun. A midday meal (qualifier in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). ¹

4. Noun. A meal given to an animal. ¹

5. Noun. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dinner

1. the main meal of the day [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dinner

dinkier dinkies dinkiest dinkily dinking dinkly dinks dinkum dinkums dinky

dinky-die dinmont dinmonts dinna dinned dinner (current term) dinner-hour dinner-time dinner-times dinner bell

dinner bucket dinner dress dinner gown dinner hour dinner jacket dinner jackets dinner ladies dinner lady dinner napkin dinner pad

Literary usage of Dinner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1846)
"Five minutes afterwards, the doors of the drawing-room were thrown open, and Bertuccio appearing, said, with a violent effort,— " The dinner waits. ..."

2. Irving's Sketch Book by Washington Irving (1901)
"THE CHRISTMAS dinner Lo, now is come our joyful'st feast 1 Let every man Be jolly. Eache roome with yvie leaves is drest, And every post with holly. ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER III How at a dinner that the queen made there was a knight ... AND then the queen let make a privy dinner in London unto the knights of the Round ..."

4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"Before dinner he said nothing but " Pretty baby," to one of the children. Langton said very well to me afterwards, that he could repeat Johnson's ..."

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