Dinnerlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of dinner.

    "The menu is divided into sections: traditional tapas (cold and hot), modern tapas (cold and hot) and large tapas, which are slightly pricier than the others, more dinnerlike (hunks of meat and accompanying starch), but still not dinner-size."

Example

More examples

"The menu is divided into sections: traditional tapas (cold and hot), modern tapas (cold and hot) and large tapas, which are slightly pricier than the others, more dinnerlike (hunks of meat and accompanying starch), but still not dinner-size."

Etymology

From dinner + -like.

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