A customary or social occasion of taking food, esp. at a more or less fixed time of day, as breakfast, dinner, etc.

Originally: the first large meal of the day, typically eaten in the late morning. Later: the main meal… With article, possessive, or similar…

Dinner; an act of dining.

the main meal eaten on Christmas Day, typically consisting of rich food such as turkey and (in the British Isles) Christmas pudding; (hence) a…

a large family meal traditionally eaten on Sunday, often served in the middle of the day after church; cf. Sunday lunch n.

a formal dinner or ceremonial feast attended by the members of a corporation, esp. the officers of a municipal corporation or city council.

a style of dinner in which fruit and wine are placed at the centre of a table and courses are served from a sideboard; cf. à la Russe, adv. 2.

a dinner of meat and vegetables boiled together.

U.S. colloquial. A meal or snack improvised from leftovers. Cf. sense B. 1.

a free Christmas dinner provided for destitute children by means of charitable subscription.

a dinner consisting of several courses.

a dinner consisting mainly of sea-food.

Dinner.

attributive and in other combinations, as gala dinner, gala flag, gala performance, gala show.

a (usually chilled or frozen) prepared, pre-packaged complete meal that only requires heating in a microwave or conventional oven before it is…

a dinner during which business is discussed; cf. working lunch n.