1
a
: the evening meal especially when dinner is taken at midday
b
: a social affair featuring a supper
especially
: an evening social especially for raising funds
a church supper
2
: the food served as a supper
eat your supper
3
: a light meal served late in the evening
Examples of supper in a Sentence
I always enjoyed our Sunday night suppers.
It's almost time for supper.
We took a walk after supper.
I had too much wine at supper.
He didn't come home for supper.
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This month our readers gravitated toward saucy suppers, the kind that beg for crusty bread.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
Like mushrooms au poivre, green curry cod, and caramel-apple monkey bread.
November 27, 2024
This month our readers gravitated toward saucy suppers, the kind that beg for crusty bread.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2024
Get The Recipe 08 of 15 Crab Cakes With Key Lime Mayonnaise
The crab can do it all – serve as a beach dinner or part of the holiday supper.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
In this black and white photograph, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt watches as President Franklin D. Roosevelt carve the traditional Thanksgiving turkey during supper at Warm Springs, Georgia, on November 29, 1935.
—Emily Hung, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Supper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supper. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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supper
noun
sup·per
ˈsəp-ər 
1
a
: the evening meal especially when dinner is eaten at midday
b
: a social affair having a supper
2
: a light meal served late in the evening
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