supper.
An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
Meaning & usage
An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
We normally have supper at 7.
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
a fish supper
Where this word comes from
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
To consume a snack before going to bed.
To eat dinner.
To provide (a person or animal) with supper.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
Where this word comes from
From sup + -er.
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