supper

supper
    n 1: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is
         at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
    2: a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her
       suppers often included celebrities"
    

Supper \Sup"per\, v. i.
   To take supper; to sup. [R.]
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Supper \Sup"per\, v. t.
   To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the
   horses." --Mrs. Gaskell.
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Supper \Sup"per\, n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F.
   souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See
   {Soup}, and cf. {Sup} to take supper.]
   A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
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   Note: Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either
         adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as,
         supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour,
         etc.
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Supper
the principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of
in the early part of the evening (Mark 6:21; John 12:2; 1 Cor.
11:21). (See LORD'S {SUPPER}.)
    

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "supper":
      TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch,
      buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner,
      elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash,
      meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, tea, tea break, teatime,
      tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast