supper time
Evening meal hour
Supper time is the evening hour when the main meal is served, typically between 5 and 7 p.m. in American usage.
The term carries a homey, informal quality—more likely heard in rural areas or from older speakers than in urban settings: The kids better be home by supper time.
In regions where dinner is the midday meal, supper time falls later in the evening.
- evening mealFood after sundown
- dinner bellMealtime summoning device
- tableHorizontal furniture surface
- set the tableArrange dishes before eating
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
saying grace · evening · family · family dinner · vesper · dish · warmth · comfort · twilight · coziness · meal · grace · dusk · eating · gathering · hunger · nostalgia · routine
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, dig in, come and get it, help yourself
- nighttimemidnight, nightfall, night sky, nighttime, starry sky
- ev'ningsunset, dusk, twilight, nightfall, sundown
supper timebreakfast time
Morning meal hour
lunch time · dawn · midday meal · early morning · elevenses
supper timedaybreak
Morning's first light
sunrise · crack of dawn · first light · early morning · morning hours