Definition

1. Noun:
   • The customary or habitual hour for the evening meal: The time of day when dinner, the main evening meal, is typically eaten.

Usage

• Dinnertime is used to refer to a specific time of day, often considered a routine or scheduled part of the evening.
• It functions as a time marker in daily life.
• Example:

Examples

• Noun:
  • Our dinnertime is usually around seven o'clock.
  • The children help set the table every dinnertime.
  • He received an important phone call right at dinnertime.

Advanced Usage

• "around dinnertime": approximately at the time dinner is usually served.
  • The package should be delivered around dinnertime.
• "by dinnertime": no later than the time dinner begins.
  • I need to finish this report by dinnertime.

Variants and Related Words

• Dinner (n): the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening.
  • We are having chicken for dinner.
• Mealtime (n): the time at which a meal is usually eaten.
  • Family conversation is important at mealtime.

Synonyms

• Supper time: (somewhat dated or regional) the time for the evening meal.
• Evening mealtime: a more descriptive phrase for the same concept.

Related Phrases

• Call someone to dinnertime: to announce that dinner is ready.
  • Mother called the children to dinnertime.

Noun

1. the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal