Preprandial

Quick meaning: Preprandial is an adjective meaning Occurring before a meal, especially dinner.

Meaning

Occurring before a meal, especially dinner.

More Meanings

1. A predinner drink; an apéritif.

Example Sentences

They drink, for one thing, sweet ports as preprandials, anathema to most English, who consider them digestifs, or after-dinner company.

'How's Allison?' I asked over preprandials. He smiled as I ordered Southern Comfort – no ice, no soda; he liked the idea that some things don't change.

The standardized analysis of metabolic parameters in the preprandial and postprandial state may provide important functional clues for the diagnosis of metabolic disorders.

Social drinkers (as they are sometimes called) may have excellent control over the amount they drink and still look forward to a preprandial aperitif (and miss it when they do not get one).

Word Forms

• pre-prandial
• preprandials

Synonyms for preprandial

Depending on context, synonyms include anteprandial, predinner.

Antonyms for preprandial

Common opposites include postprandial.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pre-prandial, praeprandial, anteprandial, postprandial, predinner, post-prandial.

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