Sekirov Dictionary

dinner

UK /ˈdɪnə/US /ˈdɪnɚ/

noun 6
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 2

noun6

•
the biggest meal that people eat each day, often in the evening
- I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
•
An evening meal.
- I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
- Do I have to change for dinner?
A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
•
A meal given to an animal.
- Give the dog its dinner.
•
A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
- My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

verb2

•
To eat a dinner.
- Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp. — 2014
•
To provide (someone) with a dinner.
- She had taken her about to concerts and exhibitions—she had dinnered her at the Colonies, and suppered her at the New Club. — 1887

forms

dinnered · dinnering · dinners

Phrases with dinner

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