dinner
The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
Noun 4 meanings
The main meal of the day, often eaten 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.”
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.”
Verb 2 meanings
To eat a dinner.
To provide (someone) with a dinner.
Etymology
From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).
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DINNER at a glance
DINNER has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + N 1 + E 1 + R 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,670 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with dinner
All rhymes- PARTNER9
- OWNER8
- WINNER9
- CORNER8
- MANNER8
- INNER5
- COMMISSIONER18
- DESIGNER10
- SOONER6
- PRISONER10
- TURNER6
- RUNNER6
One letter away
- WINNER9
- SINNER6
- DINGER8
- PINNER8
- DUNNER7
- TINNER6
- GINNER7
- FINNER9
- DINNED8
- DINKER11
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