dinnertime

[din-er-tahym]

noun

1. the period set aside for eating dinner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinnertime¹

1325–75; Middle English. See dinner, time

Example Sentences

That’s why friends who grew up in households struggling to make ends meet report processed powder-based mac and cheese being a regular sight at dinnertime.

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Even dinnertime could turn on a night’s result.

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Gary Sargent had made the short trip down the M62 to try and get his hands on the dinnertime deal before it sold out.

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Xiye Bastida’s parents met at a United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and as she was growing up, climate was a regular topic of conversation at dinnertime and family gatherings.

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Come dinnertime at 5 p.m., its menu shifts to family-style meals, featuring a large seafood lineup with bounties from its live fish tanks.

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