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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday;
- Example: "dinner will be at 8"
- Example: "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

2. a party of people assembled to have dinner together;
- Example: "guests should never be late to a dinner party"
[syn: dinner, dinner party]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

dinner \din"ner\, n. [F. d[^i]ner, fr. d[^i]ner to dine. See
   Dine.]
   1. The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries
      about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and
      in large cities) at a later hour.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An entertainment; a feast.
      [1913 Webster]

            A grand political dinner.             --Tennyson.
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   Note: Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either
         adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as,
         dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour,
         etc.
         [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dinner
    n 1: the main meal of the day served in the evening or at
         midday; "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large
         dinner when they returned from church"
    2: a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests
       should never be late to a dinner party" [syn: dinner,
       dinner party]