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suppertime

[ suhp-er-tahym ]

noun

  1. the time at which supper is served, usually between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of suppertime1

First recorded in 1325–75, suppertime is from Middle English soper tyme. See supper, time
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Example Sentences

This was the only day I consumed outside food: Friends took me out for brunch and I was still stuffed by suppertime.

He was tired from not napping, and he’d be mean as a mosquito by suppertime if he didn’t sleep.

“Fine. You can have the pasta with peas and cauliflower. We’re taking a bus downtown. It’s suppertime!”

Near suppertime, gunshots echoed among the small frame houses of Natrona, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth did not come downstairs again until suppertime.

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