Supper

Quick meaning: Supper is a noun meaning An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.

Meaning

An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.

More Meanings

1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, slang) A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
2. (intransitive) To consume a snack before going to bed.
3. (intransitive) To eat dinner.
4. (transitive) To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
5. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
6. (Midwestern US, Canadian Prairies, Atlantic Canada, South Africa) Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.

Example Sentences

a fish supper

We normally have supper at 7.

There he stood, with admirable patience, […] longing to go to rest for hours past; aware that suppers disagreed with him […] so tired and longing for bed!

I went to supper up my horses, and heard somebody; […] After suppering the horses, I went into the house, and saw Stacey, who asked me if I had suppered the horses.

Word Forms

• suppers
• suppering
• suppered

Synonyms for supper

Depending on context, synonyms include dinner, dine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dine, diner, dinnertime, dining, dinner, meal.

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