dinnertime

[ din-er-tahym ]

noun

1. the period set aside for eating dinner.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dinnertime¹

1325–75; Middle English. See dinner, time

Example Sentences

Xiye Bastida’s parents met at a United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and as she was growing up, climate was a regular topic of conversation at dinnertime and family gatherings.

From Los Angeles Times

Come dinnertime at 5 p.m., its menu shifts to family-style meals, featuring a large seafood lineup with bounties from its live fish tanks.

From Seattle Times

Chicken loved the pizzeria that gave them balls of fresh dough to play with, but their doors were locked until dinnertime.

From Literature

It was dinnertime on a pleasant Philadelphia evening in May 1796.

From Literature

There was no air conditioning, so people had to throw their windows open and risk all of their dinnertime conversations being overheard.

From Los Angeles Times