Dinner meaning

What does “dinner” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“dinner” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday.

dinner

noun

  1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

    “dinner will be at 8”

    “on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church”

  2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together

    “guests should never be late to a dinner party”

    Synonymsdinner party

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University