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Dinner vs. Lunch

Dinner and Lunch Definitions

Dinner

The chief meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.

Lunch

A meal eaten at midday.

Dinner

A banquet or formal meal in honor of a person or event.

Lunch

The food provided for a midday meal.

Dinner

The food prepared for either of these meals.

Lunch

To eat a midday meal.
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Dinner

A full-course meal served at a fixed price; table d'hôte.

Lunch

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Dinner

A midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.

Lunch

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

Dinner

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

Lunch

Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
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Dinner

An evening meal.
I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.

Lunch

(intransitive) To eat lunch.
I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

Dinner

A meal given to an animal.
Give the dog its dinner.

Lunch

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

Dinner

A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

Lunch

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.
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Dinner

(uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

Lunch

To take luncheon.

Dinner

(intransitive) To eat a dinner; to dine.

Lunch

A midday meal

Dinner

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine.

Lunch

Take the midday meal;
At what time are you lunching?

Dinner

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.

Lunch

Provide a midday meal for;
She lunched us well

Dinner

An entertainment; a feast.
A grand political dinner.

Dinner

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

Dinner

A party of people assembled to have dinner together;
Guests should never be late to a dinner party

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