dinnertime

[ din-er-tahym ]

/ ˈdɪn ərˌtaɪm /

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noun

the period set aside for eating dinner.

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Nearby words

dinner ring, dinner service, dinner table, dinner theater, dinner-dance, dinnertime, dinnerware, dino-, dinoceras, dinoflagellate, dinosaur

Origin of dinnertime

1325–75; Middle English. See dinner, time

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Examples from the Web for dinnertime

As dinnertime came and went, he and his wife and two young children, who had traveled to Beijing, had nothing to eat.
Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton’s Plane|Melinda Liu|May 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For most of her childhood, Jenna (not her real name) spent dinnertime staring at a plate of food that she refused to touch.
Pickiness: The Secret Eating Disorder Nobody’s Talking About|Nina Strochlic|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There he would labour till two or three o'clock, his usual dinnertime.
Sketch of Handel and Beethoven|Thomas Hanly Ball
When dinnertime comes there will be a great rush for the hall, but the ceremonies of the table will be told later.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony|William Stearns Davis

Indeed, the anticipations formed from a survey of our meagre sleeping accommodation were not realized at dinnertime to-night.
The Lady of the Shroud|Bram Stoker
Lunch was eaten from their workbenches, but the inventors reluctantly halted at dinnertime.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X|Victor Appleton
He casually looketh in about dinnertime, when the table is full.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III|Various