dinnertime
See also: dinner-time and dinner time
English
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Noun
dinnertime (countable and uncountable, plural dinnertimes)
- The time when dinner takes place.
- 1846, Charles Elmé Francatelli, The Modern Cook, page 243:
- An hour before dinnertime, steam the mazarine in the usual way, and when done, turn it out of the mould on its dish […]
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- The time when dinner is ready.
- (Britain) The midday break in English schools (some areas), lunchtime.
- The dinner hour, the hour between 6 and 7 p.m.
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time when dinner takes place
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time when dinner is ready
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mid-day break — see lunchtime
the hour between 6 and 7 p.m.
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