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The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

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  1. n. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.
  2. n. An entertainment; a feast.
  3. n. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
  4. n. a party of people assembled to have dinner together
  5. 1. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour. 2. An entertainment; a feast. A grand political dinner. Tennyson. Note: Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc.
  6. n:100 n. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday n. a party of people assembled to have dinner together