Menu

//ˈmɛn.juː// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
Noun
  1. 1
    The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

    "After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner."

  2. 2
    an agenda of things to do wordnet
  3. 3
    A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

    "The server handed us the menu."

  4. 4
    a list of dishes available at a restaurant wordnet
  5. 5
    The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.

    "They took the chicken sandwich off their menu."

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  1. 6
    (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user wordnet
  2. 7
    A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface.
  3. 8
    the dishes making up a meal wordnet
  4. 9
    A list or agenda.

    "What's on the menu for today's meeting?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To include (something) in a menu. rare, transitive

    "He created this prize-winning dish last December, to serve at a catered dinner that honored benefactors of Nashua Memorial Hospital. At that elaborate holiday repast, Quimby menued the seafood dish as a first course. However, he noted, his dish is substantial enough to serve as a satisfying entree."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French menu. Doublet of menudo and minute.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French Menu.

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