night meal

noun

A meal eaten at night; a late supper.

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supper-time
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Meanings

nounnight meal (plural night meals)

plural night meals · alternative night-meal · alternative nightmeal

  1. A meal eaten at night; a late supper.

    Hippolyte appreciates Delphine's erotic tutelage […] but feels anxious and dyspeptic, as if she has eaten too rich a night meal.

    1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

    Synonyms: supper-time

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA meal eaten at night; a late supper.

Similar
supper-time

Origin

From night + meal.

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APA

night meal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20meal

MLA

“night meal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20meal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “night meal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/night%20meal.

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