- 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"
--1 is a kind of meal, repast
--1 has particulars: high teaDerived forms: verb dine2, verb dine1 - dinner, dinner party - a party of people assembled to have dinner together; "guests should never be late to a dinner party"
--2 is a kind of party
--2 has particulars: banquet, feast; beanfeastDerived forms: verb dine2, verb dine1