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PRONUNCIATION OF DINNER HOUR

dinner hour  [ˈdɪnəʳ aʊə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DINNER HOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dinner hour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DINNER HOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dinner hour in the English dictionary

The definition of dinner hour in the dictionary is lunch hour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DINNER HOUR


bower
ˈbaʊə
cauliflower
ˈkɒlɪˌflaʊə
devour
dɪˈvaʊə
Eisenhower
ˈaɪzənˌhaʊə
empower
ɪmˈpaʊə
firepower
ˈfaɪəpaʊə
flour
ˈflaʊə
flower
ˈflaʊə
gaur
ɡaʊə
horsepower
ˈhɔːsˌpaʊə
hour
aʊə
hydropower
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌpaʊə
manpower
ˈmænˌpaʊə
our
aʊə
power
ˈpaʊə
shower
ˈʃaʊə
sour
ˈsaʊə
sunflower
ˈsʌnˌflaʊə
tower
ˈtaʊə
twenty-four-hour
ˈtwɛntɪˌfɔːʳˈaʊə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DINNER HOUR

dinner
dinner bell
dinner dance
dinner duty
dinner jacket
dinner knife
dinner knives
dinner lady
dinner money
dinner party
dinner plate
dinner roll
dinner service
dinner suit
dinner table
dinner theater
dinner theatre
dinner trolley
dinner wagon
dinner-dance

WORDS THAT END LIKE DINNER HOUR

canonical hour
credit hour
eleventh hour
golden hour
half an hour
half-hour
happy hour
literacy hour
lunch hour
megawatt hour
one´s hour
one´s last hour
rush hour
sidereal hour
take one´s hour
the hour
the witching hour
watt-hour
witching hour
zero hour

Synonyms and antonyms of dinner hour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dinner hour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DINNER HOUR

Find out the translation of dinner hour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dinner hour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dinner hour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

晚餐时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hora de la cena
570 millions of speakers

English

dinner hour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रात के खाने के घंटे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساعة العشاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

час обеда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hora do jantar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিনার ঘন্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´heure du dîner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jam makan malam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abendessen Stunde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

夕食の時間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저녁 식사 시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jam nedha bengi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tối giờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரவு மணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रात्रीचे जेवण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Akşam yemeği saati
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ora di cena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obiad godzinę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

годину обіду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oră cină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δείπνο ώρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

etensuur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

middag timme
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

middag time
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dinner hour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DINNER HOUR»

The term «dinner hour» is regularly used and occupies the 78.156 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DINNER HOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dinner hour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dinner hour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dinner hour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DINNER HOUR»

Discover the use of dinner hour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dinner hour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rescuing the Dinner Hour: Easy Meals for Busy People
A user-friendly book of more than 200 recipes for cooks on the run. Recipes are healthy, fun and easy.
Peggy K. Glass, 1994
2
Table Talk!: 365 Ways to Reclaim the Family Dinner Hour
More creative family-centered ideas from the authors of 365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do With Your Child, this guide is for families who want to make dinnertime family time once again--and it works even in the face of tight schedules and ...
Steve Bennett, Ruth Bennett, 1993
3
Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poetically, ...
The Dinner Hour. — Although among the business and laboring classes of community, the hour for dining has always been at mid-day, among the circles of fashion there have been many changes respecting it ; the hour which in one period or ...
Julia C. Andrews, 1860
4
Chambers's Journal
An old monastic triplet gives the dinner- hour as early as it could -well be fixed : Lever & cinq, diner i neuf, Souper is. cinq, concher a neuf, Fait vivre d'ans nouante et neuf. A subsequent proverb shifts the time for all the operations an hour later ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1871
5
Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts
Eleven aiifi twelve o'c ock are very usually the hours for dinner in all parts of that empire. In England, the court dinner-hour remained at eleven from the reign of Edward IV. to that of Henry VIL, but the middle and lower classes dined at nine or  ...
William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1871
6
The Meal: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and ...
After a slight pause in the middle of the century, the dinner-hour began to move on faster again. In the s, the most fashionable circles were dining at , and by the s this had become the standard time for the aristocracy and gentry ...
Harlan Walker, 2002
7
The Arkwrights: Spinners of Fortune
54 John M'Connel said that during the dinner hour the men spinners, assisted by their piecers, 'usually clean on Friday and Saturday, on Friday from Half an Hour to Forty Minutes, and on Saturday from Half an Hour to the whole Hour, just as it ...
R. S. Fitton, 1989
8
The Companion to the Newspaper: And Journal of Facts in ...
In many factories it is not an unusual practice for the work people to stop during a part of tho dinner- hour to clean the machinery ; this sometimes occupies them half their dinner-hour, at other times not more than ten minutes. The children ...
9
Dinner at Your Door: Tips and Recipes for Starting a ...
But for mid-lifers, the dinner hour is a prized refuge of sanity after a busy day — they may prefer to escape the world and reconnect with their partner or kids over a quiet dinner at home. College students, on the other hand, may dine together ...
Alex Davis, Diana Ellis, Andy Remeis, 2008
10
The Hour that Matters Most: The Surprising Power of the ...
The tidy picture of the Norman Rockwell dinner hour faded, and family dining fell dramatically over the next thirty years. With both parents working and the kids shuttling between sports practices or sitting glued to their computer screens at ...
Les Parrott, Leslie Parrott, Stephanie Allen, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DINNER HOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dinner hour is used in the context of the following news items.
1
West Allis Cheese Shoppe partners on new restaurant, Ka-Bobs …
Where the West Allis Cheese cafe serves all-day breakfast and lunch, Ka-Bobs will fill the dinner hour void, as well as serve lunch. Ka-Bobs will ... «Milwaukee Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
Johnny Counterfit returns to Curtain Call for two nights - Crossville …
Terry (the Voice) Henderson will be singing during the dinner hour. Counterfit has been making a career out of impersonating famous country ... «Crossville Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Fire at tavern takes bite out of roof
Meanwhile, a man using a grinder at his home on Rebecca Street, near Mary Street, gave himself a scare Monday at about the dinner hour. «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
4
How the CIA ran a 'billion dollar spy' in Moscow
That evening, around the dinner hour, Plunkert and his wife, along with the CIA station chief and his wife, walked out of the US Embassy to the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Sunny skies and warmer temps start the work week
Any rain should taper off shortly after the dinner hour, leading to clearer skies overnight. Much of the week will continue in this pattern, with hot, ... «WHNS Greenville, Jul 15»
6
VOX POPULI: Abe's work early, leave early program sounds …
... baths after his return from work, at twilight, just before the dinner hour, when other customers came pouring in.” (Translated by William Sibley). «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
7
More clouds than sun today with late afternoon showers and storms …
Near the dinner hour showers and some thunderstorms will become more widespread with up to a half-inch of rain expected overnight. «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
8
Food truck area envisioned for downtown Oswego
"My hope is to have the food trucks at the dinner hour year-around. We have heard only a couple of these locations exist in the whole country, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Scattered showers could impact Fourth of July celebrations
He said by the dinner hour showers will have dissipated and moved east, so outdoor evening activities and fireworks will likely not be affected ... «WFSB, Jul 15»
10
Showers possible on the 4th of July!
By dinner hour, the showers will have dissipated and moved east, ensuring that any outdoor evening events and fireworks displays will likely ... «WFSB, Jul 15»

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