n. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
n. An evening meal.
n. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
n. A meal given to an animal.
n. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
n. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.
n. An entertainment; a feast.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The principal meal of the day, taken at midday or later, even in the evening.
n. An entertainment; a feast; a dinner-party.
To take dinner; dine.
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n. a party of people assembled to have dinner together
n. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
Word Usage
"'We had,' she records, in May 1779, 'a very grand dinner to-day, _though nothing to a Streatham dinner_, at the Ship Tavern [Brighton], where the officers mess, to which we were invited by the major and the captain. '"