dinners
Nightly family gatherings
Dinners is the plural of dinner, the main meal of the day, typically eaten in the evening.
The timing varies by culture and household—some families have dinner at midday, others at six or eight.
Dinners can refer to multiple such meals or to formal dining events: The charity hosts several dinners each year.
TV dinners are prepackaged frozen meals.
Place serving meals
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- menuList of available dishes
- waiterOne who serves tables
- chefProfessional kitchen leader
kitchen · table · booth · ambiance · candlelit · wine list · sommelier · bill
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
- iftarSunset meal ending fast
Christmas · Easter · Passover · seder · Diwali · reunion · holiday · tradition
Evening repast
- evening mealFood after sundown
- main coursePrimary dish served
- entreePrimary dinner course
- side dishesFoods accompanying the main
appetizer · dessert · courses · servings · portions · plates · helpings · fare
Gathering for celebration
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- hostsThose who entertain guests
- invitationsRequests to attend
seating · table setting · conversation · entertaining · company · celebration · occasion · reception
Student assignments for outside class
- weeknightNon-weekend evening
- quick mealsRapidly prepared dishes
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- microwaveRadiation-based kitchen heater
crockpot · mealtime · kids · picky eaters · vegetables · cleanup · dishes · kitchen table
restaurant
Place serving meals
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- menuList of available dishes
- waiterOne who serves tables
chef · kitchen · table · booth · ambiance · candlelit · wine list · sommelier · bill · tip
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
iftar · Christmas · Easter · Passover · seder · Diwali · reunion · holiday · tradition · annual
supper
Evening repast
- evening mealFood after sundown
- main coursePrimary dish served
- entreePrimary dinner course
side dishes · appetizer · dessert · courses · servings · portions · plates · helpings · fare · cuisine
party
Gathering for celebration
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- hostsThose who entertain guests
invitations · seating · table setting · conversation · entertaining · company · celebration · occasion · reception · gala
homework
Student assignments for outside class
- weeknightNon-weekend evening
- quick mealsRapidly prepared dishes
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
microwave · crockpot · mealtime · kids · picky eaters · vegetables · cleanup · dishes · kitchen table · TV trays
roast
Dry-heat cooking method
curry · pasta · tagine · biryani · paella · jollof · rendang · mole · schnitzel · Sunday roast
- family traditionsfamily traditions, family reunions, bedtime story, family reunion, holiday traditions
- homemakingcooking, cleaning, laundry, recipes, baking
- yacht clubsyacht club, sailing club, clubhouse, commodore, burgee
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, country houses, manor houses, servants
dinnersbreakfasts
First meals of day
brunches · lunches · elevenses · afternoon teas · midnight snacks
dinnerssnacks
Light bites between meals
grab-and-go meals · nibbles · light bites · TV dinners · fast food
dinnerssnacks
Light bites between meals
light bites · nibbles · morsels · finger food · appetizers
- dinner tableFurniture for shared meals
- dinner partyHosted meal with guests
- dinner plateCircular mealtime vessel
- Christmas dinnerFestive seasonal meal
- dinner timeEvening eating hour
- frozen dinnerPremade meal, sold cold