menu

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an agenda of things to do

   they worked rapidly down the menu of reports

2. 2
   noun

   a list of dishes available at a restaurant

   the menu was in French

3. 3
   noun

   The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

   After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner.

4. 4
   noun

   A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

   The server handed us the menu.

5. 5
   noun

   The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.

   They took the chicken sandwich off their menu.

6. 6
   noun

   A list or agenda.

   What's on the menu for today's meeting?

7. 7
   verb

   To include (something) in a menu.

   He created this prize-winning dish last December, to serve at a catered dinner that honored benefactors of Nashua Memorial Hospital. At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course. However, he noted, his dish is substantial enough to serve as a satisfying entree.

8. 8
   noun

   (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user

Etymology

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.