English language

How to pronounce supper in English?

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Type Words
Type of meal, repast
Has types passover supper, seder
Derivation sup
Type Words
Type of social affair, social gathering
Derivation sup


her suppers often included celebrities.

Examples of supper

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Simi would select the TV channel or DVD and set the table while I cooked supper.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Caterina found it unacceptable that the children would go to bed without supper.
From the cnn.com
Whichcote is under considerable pressure in the wake of the club's fatal supper.
From the washingtonpost.com
There's no seating, so take your fish supper straight down to the shingle beach.
From the guardian.co.uk
Supper may be mashed potatoes and perhaps cabbage or cauliflower-and more bread.
From the time.com
At that supper, remember, Jesus served not only his friends, but also his enemy.
From the al.com
It made a satisfying supper, holding up well to heating in our office microwave.
From the thestate.com
Since the focus is supper, count on casseroles, lasagna, meatloaf and meatballs.
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Kitty was allowed to have supper at the big table, and they ate in the playroom.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • A light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
  • A social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities"
  • Supper is the name for the evening meal in some dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day. Originally, in the middle ages, it referred to the lighter meal following dinner, which until the eighteenth century was invariably eaten as the midday meal.
  • Supper is Smog's tenth album, released in March 2003 on Domino Records in Europe and on Drag City in North America under his then-alias (Smog). It was recorded by Jeremy Lemos from August to September 2002 and mastered by Nick Webb at Abbey Road Studios.
  • Food consumed before going to bed; Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon; A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups); To consume a snack before retiring; To eat dinner (see above)
  • The principal meal of the day among the Jews. It was partaken of in the early part of the evening (Mar 6:21; Joh 12:2; Co1 11:21). (See LORD'S SUPPER.)
  • Spoil taken by our Lord in battle against the "beast," "false prophet" and "the kings of the earth." Marriage supper is a celebration affair.
  • N. Scottish. When food is served in a chip shop with chips, it becomes a supper. What the English call fish and chips, we Scots call a fish supper.
  • Once again, depending on the Dillo, this can be either the noon or the evening meal.