DINNERS Synonyms

• combination of breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning

• eat a meal in the late morning

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

• usually inexpensive bar

• strike against forcefully

• strike, beat repeatedly

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• something experienced with great delight

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• an elaborate party (often outdoors)

• partake in a feast or banquet

• provide a feast or banquet for

• gratify

• a midday meal

• the food served and eaten at one time

• any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

• coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse

• the food served and eaten at one time

• process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space

• a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

• farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)

• a haphazard distribution in all directions

• a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• two facing pages of a book or other publication

• the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age)

• decorative cover for a bed

• act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time

• distributed or spread over a considerable extent

• prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out

• fully extended in width

• distribute or disperse widely

• become distributed or widespread

• spread across or over

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• cause to become widely known

• become widely known and passed on

• strew or distribute over an area

• move outward

• cover by spreading something over

• distribute over a surface in a layer

• a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

• a social gathering where a light evening meal is served

• a set of data arranged in rows and columns

• a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs

• a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it

• flat tableland with steep edges

• a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game

• food or meals in general

• hold back to a later time

• arrange or enter in tabular form

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• provide a feast or banquet for

• partake in a feast or banquet

• informal terms for a meal

• the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

• breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

• have supper; eat dinner

• give dinner to; host for dinner

• a ceremonial dinner party for many people

• something experienced with great delight

• a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

• an elaborate party (often outdoors)

• partake in a feast or banquet

• provide a feast or banquet for

• gratify

• a midday meal

• take the midday meal

• provide a midday meal for

• a midday meal

• a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

• a social gathering where a light evening meal is served

• a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

• a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes

• a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

• dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea

• a party of people assembled to have dinner together