Din"ner (?), n. [F. dîner, fr. dîner to dine. See Dine.] 1. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

2. An entertainment; a feast.

A grand political dinner.

&fist; Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc.

• Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  
• A meal given to an animal.
  
• Mid-day meal in a context where the smaller evening meal is called supper.