Definition of dinner

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

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Dine :: Dine (v. t.) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men..
Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..
Mess :: Mess (n.) A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner.
Break-up :: Break-up (n.) Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government..
Meat :: Meat (n.) Specifically, dinner; the chief meal..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To cause to wait; to defer; to postpone; -- said of a meal; as, to wait dinner..
Souffle :: Souffle (n.) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence..
Tiffin :: Tiffin (n.) A lunch, or slight repast between breakfast and dinner; -- originally, a Provincial English word, but introduced into India, and brought back to England in a special sense..
Size :: Size (n.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford..
Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman..
Anteprandial :: Anteprandial (a.) Preceding dinner.
Invite :: Invite (v. t.) To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion..
Dinner :: Dinner (n.) An entertainment; a feast.
Toastmaster :: Toastmaster (n.) A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts..
Undern :: Undern (n.) The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper..
After-dinner :: After-dinner (n.) The time just after dinner.
Dessert :: Dessert (n.) A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner..
Party :: Party (v.) A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party..
Luncheon :: Luncheon (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner..
Blickey :: Blickey (n.) A tin dinner pail.
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