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menu

[ men-yoo ]

noun

    1. a list of the dishes that can be ordered in a restaurant or that will be served at a formal meal; bill of fare:

      Ask the waiter for a menu.

    2. the dishes themselves:

      First on the menu was a delicious broccoli soup.

  1. any list or set of items, activities, etc., from which to choose:

    What's on the menu this weekend—golf, tennis, swimming?

  2. Digital Technology. a list of options available to a user, as displayed on a screen or listed in a recorded telephone greeting:

    From the main menu at the top of the window, select Tools and then Internet Options.



verb (used with object)

  1. to make available for ordering at a restaurant:

    There will be one entrée and one salad menued each day.

    Some casual restaurants have begun menuing alcoholic beverages.

menu

/ ˈmɛnjuː /

noun

  1. a list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant
  2. a list of options displayed on a visual display unit from which the operator selects an action to be carried out by positioning the cursor or by depressing the appropriate key
“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


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Other Words From

  • men·ued adjective
  • men·u·ing noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of menu1

First recorded in 1650–60; from French: “detailed list,” noun use of menu “small, detailed,” from Latin minūtus minute 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of menu1

C19: from French menu small, detailed (list), from Latin minūtus minute ²
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Example Sentences

Then check both Manual Actions and Security Issues in the left menu.

In the Tag Data section, highlight the information you want tagged and choose the appropriate tag from the dropdown menu.

An upscale American restaurant with a lengthy cocktail menu.

For those days only, each of the recruits followed a menu designed just for them.

In fact, the Impossible Burger — I’ve seen it on menus — it’s almost always higher-priced than the traditional beef burger.

The head banquet man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York City started serving the concoction as a menu staple in 1938.

Still, when I saw the menu of latkes the different vendors offered, I was a bit taken aback.

After the show, Executive Chef Michael Franey explained the process by which the theater selects its menu.

A wine list and a short bar menu sitting on each table seemed tangible enough.

By the time Prohibition was on the menu, we were very much an “alcoholic Republic.”

The menu was long, elaborate and imposing; equalled only by the toast list, which contained no less than sixteen separate toasts.

The room was full of healthy-looking workmen, tidily dressed and busily doing honour to the porridge and other items on the menu.

This, which Napier described as "the ordinary food of the Portuguese," is the backbone of the worker's menu.

The menu at the principal hotel, where I dined, would (if it had been printed) have consisted of one item—horseflesh.

Aunt Zélie contributed menu cards, each with a flower and a quotation on it.

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