dinner has definitions from the field of food
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[ noun ] (food) the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

Examples

: "dinner will be at 8" "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

With the announcement of a `` special achievement award '' to William_A._Bill_Shea , the awards list was completed yesterday for Sunday night 's thirty-eighth annual dinner and show of the New_York Chapter , Baseball_Writers_Association_of_America , at the Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

Earlier this month Edward_R._Murrow , director of the United_States_Information_Agency , came to Hollywood and had dinner with more_than 100 leaders of the motion_picture industry .

(The Providence Journal...)

And Paul_Lipson , as Morris , the faithful one who never gets home to his Shirley 's dinner , was fine , too .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He had dinner and sat there over his coffee watching the winding pattern of traffic as it crossed the bridge and spread_out like a serpent with two heads .

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

But while the two men are riding into the country , where they are going to dinner , they are attacked in the dark of the forest by a band of thieves , who strip them of everything , including most of their clothes .

Related terms

meal high_tea dine

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[ noun ] (food) a party of people assembled to have dinner together

Synonyms

dinner_party

Examples

"guests should never be late to a dinner party"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

Arnold_Palmer and Sam_Snead will be among those honored at the national awards dinner of the Metropolitan_Golf_Writers_Association tonight .

The dinner will be held at the Hotel_Pierre .

(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)

Speakers at a Tipoff_Club dinner dealt lavish praise to a group of St._Louis_University players who , in the words of Coach_John_Benington , `` had more confidence in themselves than I did '' .

(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)

But since the gourmet insisted that it is done that way at_the_most fashionable dinners , the girl reluctantly agreed .

Related terms

party banquet beanfeast dine

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