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[ suhp-er ] / ˈsʌp ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR supper ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe evening meal, often the principal meal of the day. any light evening meal, especially one taken late in the evening: an after-the-theater supper. adjectiveof or relating to supper: the supper dishes. for, during, or including supper: a supper party. Origin of supper1225–75; Middle English sup( p) er<Old French souper, noun use of souper to sup 1OTHER WORDS FROM suppersup·per·less, adjectiveWords nearby suppersuplex, supp., suppawn, Suppé, suppedaneum, supper, supper club, suppertime, Suppiluliumas I, supplant, supplanter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for supperWhile people panic about meat shortages, having the ability to secure your own supper is an attractive idea. Instagram's Most Fascinating Subculture? Women Hunters.|Rachel Levin|September 8, 2020|Outside Online They were going to get the supper clubs and Vegas, just like Sam wanted. How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Served in lieu of morning pancakes or bread at supper, ployes are nothing if not versatile. On the Canadian Border, It's Pancakes for Every Meal|Jane & Michael Stern|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Other events include a Burns Night Supper on January 24, and a willow-weaving workshop in March. Get Lessons From Kate's Florist At Charles's Home||January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kane spoke to The Daily Beast about his Las Supper venture, posing semi-nude with Madonna, and his hometown of Brooklyn. Big Daddy Kane: The Hip-Hop MC on Las Supper, Madonna, Jay-Z, and What’s Next|Curtis Stephen|April 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST After one ship's supper, Keith reflects that there were worse places to spend the war than the Caine. David's Bookclub: The Caine Mutiny|David Frum|January 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Dorinda warned me not to go far from the house because supper would be ready in a few minutes. The Rise of Roscoe Paine|Joseph C. Lincoln Kedril begins to tremble in earnest, but his master does not lose courage, and orders him to prepare the supper. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky It seemed heartless to be sitting down in comfort to so good a supper while her father was in she knew not how great distress. Crooked Trails and Straight|William MacLeod Raine She sat at dinner and supper without touching anything, and yet they had purposely prepared her favorite dishes. Timar's Two Worlds|Mr Jkai Then home and to my office to do some business there, and so home to supper and to bed. Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
British Dictionary definitions for supper
nounan evening meal, esp a light one an evening social event featuring a supper sing for one's supper to obtain something by performing a service verb(tr) rare to give supper to (intr) rare to eat supper Derived forms of suppersupperless, adjectiveWord Origin for supperC13: from Old French soper; see sup 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with supper
see sing for one's supper. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to supperfare, snack, picnic, dessert, feast, refreshment, dinner, tea, table, special, luncheon, lunch, breakfast, brunch, function, gathering, soiree, buffet, banquet, consume |