postdinner

Once plates clear

Postdinner means after dinner, describing the time or activities that follow the evening meal: postdinner drinks, a postdinner walk.

The word is slightly formal; "after dinner" serves the same purpose in most contexts.

activities

walk

Travel on foot

drinks · dessert · digestif · lounging · socializing · games · cigars · brandy · nightcap · relaxation

digestion

fullness

State of being complete

lethargy · heartburn · indigestion · food coma · sleepiness · heaviness · discomfort · metabolism · settling · nap

social

guests

People received hospitably

entertaining · party · company · mingling · toasts · speeches · networking · reception · gala · banquet

timing

evening

Late day period

late · sunset · afterward · subsequent · following · 8pm · 9pm · nighttime · hours · interval

Opposites
temporal relation to dinner

postdinnerpredinner

Before the evening meal

before dinner · premeal · dinnertime · cocktail hour

Family

post, dinner, dine, diner, diners, dinners, dining, dined, postprandial

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G