dinner: translation
noun
1 main meal of the day
ADJECTIVE
▪ delicious, excellent, good, gourmet (esp. AmE), slap-up (BrE, informal), sumptuous
▪ We were treated to an excellent dinner with every kind of seafood imaginable.
▪ four-course, three-course, etc.
▪ big
▪ light
▪ leisurely
▪ quick
▪ early, late
▪ candlelight (esp.AmE), candlelit, romantic
▪ intimate, private, quiet
▪ family
▪ birthday, Christmas, holiday (AmE), Sunday, Thanksgiving (in the US)
▪ potluck (= to which each guest brings some food, which is then shared) (AmE)
▪ school (BrE)
▪ frozen (esp. AmE), TV
▪ chicken, seafood, steak, turkey, etc.
DINNER + NOUN
▪ table
▪ There was never much conversation at the dinner table in my family.
▪ things
▪ We didn't wash up the dinner things until the morning after.
▪ plates, service
▪ a bone-china dinner service
▪ menu
▪ The extensive dinner menu includes Russian delicacies.
▪ The school dinner menu always includes a balance of food types. (BrE)
▪ bell
▪ money (BrE)
▪ I always forgot to take my dinner money to school.
▪ lady (BrE) (lunch lady in AmE)
▪ time
▪ date
▪ reservation
▪ companion
2 formal evening occasion, with dinner
ADJECTIVE
▪ elegant, fancy, lavish
▪ black-tie, formal, official
▪ informal
▪ annual
▪ The club's annual dinner is this week.
▪ anniversary, celebratory, rehearsal (= for the families of a couple the day before their wedding) (AmE), wedding (AmE)
▪ farewell
▪ awards
▪ charity, fund-raising
▪ gala
▪ A gala dinner was held to celebrate the world premiere of the movie.
▪ state
▪ A state dinner was held in honour/honor of the visiting Japanese premier.
VERB + DINNER
▪ give, hold, host, throw
▪ My old school is giving a fund-raising dinner
▪ attend
▪ We attended the formal reunion dinner.
▪ be invited to
▪ change for, dress for
▪ Are we expected to dress for dinner?
▪ speak at
▪ The former Olympic champion was invited to speak at a charity dinner.
DINNER + NOUN
▪ party
▪ They invited three couples to a dinner party at their house.
▪ engagement
▪ dance
▪ the society's annual dinner dance
▪ guests
▪ jacket, suit (both BrE)
▪ theater (= a restaurant where you see a play after your meal) (AmE)