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suppertime

noun

The time when supper takes place.

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Meanings

nounsuppertime (countable and uncountable, plural suppertimes)

plural suppertimes · alternative supper time · alternative supper-time

countableuncountableThe time when supper takes place.
Lacy couldn’t spell good but in big pencil letters he wrote that he had to go downtown and would be back before suppertime.
2006, Charles Davis, Angel’s Rest, Don Mills, Ont.: MIRA Books, →ISBN, page 143
countableuncountableThe time when supper is ready.

Synonyms & antonyms

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nounthe customary or habitual hour for the evening meal

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Also see

dinnertime supper hour

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From supper + time.

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APA

suppertime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppertime

MLA

“suppertime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppertime. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suppertime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suppertime.

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