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DictionarysupperEvening meal
noun

supper

SUP-ur/ˈsʌpər/

A meal eaten in the evening.

Our family usually eats supper together at the kitchen table.

Two adults share a light evening meal of bread, soup and fruit at a small table beside a narrow window with dusk visible.
Etymology
supperOld Frenchto eat the evening meal

Old French soper was both an action, eating the evening meal, and a name for that meal. Supper preserves this shift from dining to the food or occasion itself.

In context

MedievalMadness7:34
having dinner ready for the field workers at midday and then preparing a light supper in the evening
The Harsh Life of a Medieval Farmer…

More examples

  • A bowl of soup makes a light supper.
  • The neighbors organize potluck suppers once a month.
  • Can you set the table before supper?

Forms

supper · suppers

Similar words

dinner
Usually the main meal, eaten in the evening or midday.
meal
Any occasion for eating, not specifically in the evening.