menu

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noun
    • a list of the dishes that can be ordered in a restaurant or that will be served at a formal meal; bill of fare: Ask the waiter for a menu.

    • the dishes themselves: First on the menu was a delicious broccoli soup.

  1. any list or set of items, activities, etc., from which to choose: What's on the menu this weekend—golf, tennis, swimming?

  1. Digital Technology. a list of options available to a user, as displayed on a screen or listed in a recorded telephone greeting: From the main menu at the top of the window, select Tools and then Internet Options.

verb (used with object)
  1. to make available for ordering at a restaurant: There will be one entrée and one salad menued each day.Some casual restaurants have begun menuing alcoholic beverages.

Origin of menu

1
First recorded in 1650–60; from French: “detailed list,” noun use of menu “small, detailed,” from Latin minūtus minute2

Other words from menu

  • men·ued, adjective
  • men·u·ing, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for menu

menu

/ (ˈmɛnjuː) /


noun
  1. a list of dishes served at a meal or that can be ordered in a restaurant

  2. a list of options displayed on a visual display unit from which the operator selects an action to be carried out by positioning the cursor or by depressing the appropriate key

Origin of menu

1
C19: from French menu small, detailed (list), from Latin minūtus minute ²

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