dinner
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈdɪnə/]
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Senses
1. dinner (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
Example: I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
2. dinner (noun) — sense 2
Definition: An evening meal.
Example: I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
3. dinner (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
Example: At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
4. dinner (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To eat a dinner.
Example: 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.
5. dinner (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To provide (someone) with a dinner.
Example: ‘The Irish were awful anyway,’ Lady Wolseley said, ‘and their not attending the season should be greeted with relief. The dreary matrons dragging their dreary daughters about the place and dinnering up every possible partner for them. The truth is that no one wants to marry their daughters, no one at all.’
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₁yaǵ (Proto-Indo-European)
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