supper

Definitions

1. Food consumed before going to bed.
   countable, uncountable
2. A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
3. supper, dinner
4. Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
   Atlantic-Canada, Canadian-Prairies, Midwestern-US, South-Africa, countable, uncountable
5. third-person singular present indicative
6. A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, countable, slang, uncountable
7. second-person singular imperative

Equivalents

Examples

“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!”

“We normally have⟳ supper at 7.”

“a fish⟳ supper”

“Roisin the savior paraded into the front room with three fish⟳ suppers, one sausage supper, one single fish⟳, one single chips, a single sausage, a chicken and chips, and three curry and chips.”

CEFR level