supper

About 8.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
2. noun Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

   We normally have supper at 7.

3. noun A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.

   a fish supper

4. verb To consume a snack before going to bed.
5. verb To eat dinner.
6. verb To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
7. noun A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).

Similar words

dine diner dinnertime dining dinner meal luncheon lunch chow sup

Often followed by

and was at with of in is to for

Word family

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