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DINNERTIME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dinnertime mean?
• DINNERTIME (noun)
The noun DINNERTIME has 1 sense:
1. the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
Familiarity information: DINNERTIME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
dinnertime; suppertime
Hypernyms ("dinnertime" is a kind of...):
mealtime (the hour at which a meal is habitually or customarily eaten)
Context examples
"You shall all go and help me, and when we come back we will have bread and milk for breakfast, and make it up at dinnertime."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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