Dinner vs. Lunch

Dinnernoun

A midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.

Dinnernoun

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

Dinnernoun

An evening meal.

Dinnernoun

A meal given to an animal.

Dinnernoun

A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

Dinnernoun

(uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

Dinnerverb

(intransitive) To eat a dinner.

Dinnerverb

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner.

Dinnernoun

The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.

Dinnernoun

An entertainment; a feast.

Dinnernoun

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday;

Dinnernoun

a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

Dinner

Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the largest and most formal meal of the day, which some Westerners eat in the evening. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around midday, and called dinner.

Lunchnoun

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Lunchnoun

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

Lunchnoun

Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

Lunchverb

(intransitive) To eat lunch.

Lunchverb

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

Lunchnoun

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.

Lunchverb

To take luncheon.

Lunchnoun

a midday meal

Lunchverb

take the midday meal;

Lunchverb

provide a midday meal for;

Lunch

Lunch, an abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal eaten around midday. During the 20th century, the meaning gradually narrowed to a meal eaten midday.