supper

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A meal eaten in the evening.

   We usually have supper at seven o'clock.

2. 2
   noun

   A light meal eaten shortly before going to bed.

   She made herself a cup of cocoa and a slice of toast for supper.

3. 3
   verb

   To eat an evening meal.

   They suppered together by the fire after a long day.

From Middle English soper, from Old French soper, from sope (“soup”). Compare French souper.

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