evening meal
Day's final repast
The evening meal is dinner or supper—the main meal eaten at the end of the day.
The term is somewhat formal or clinical, appearing more often in surveys, nutrition guidelines, and institutional contexts than in casual speech: Residents gather in the dining hall for the evening meal.
- dinnerPrimary evening meal
- supperEvening repast
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- dinner partyHosted meal with guests
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
family dinner · table setting · candlelight · family · kitchen · comfort food · cooking · hungry · dishes · serving · plates · napkins · wine · conversation · gathering · dinner table · recipes · appetite
- dinner timesearly dinner, late dinner, suppertime, weeknight dinner, Sunday dinner
- dinner timesupper, family dinner, main course, appetizer, dessert
- mealssupper, brunch, dinner, lunch, luncheon
- dinnertimedinner, suppertime, dinnertime, table, family gathering
- RamadanRamadan, iftar, fasting, holy month, breaking fast
time of day
evening mealbreakfast
Day's first eating
lunch · midday meal · brunch · elevenses · afternoon tea
formality/elaborateness
evening mealsnack
Light between-meal fare
quick bite · grab-and-go · nibble · TV dinner · fast food