suppertime
suppertime · suppertimes
The time when supper takes placeThe time when supper takes place.
» I will have worked 10 hours by suppertime.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The time when supper takes place.
(countable, uncountable)The time when supper is ready.
More definitions
- the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal
Examples
3 sentencesI will have worked 10 hours by suppertime.
It's now well after suppertime so he will have eaten.
The next day, at suppertime, I was introduced to her husband.
Origin
From supper + time.From supper + time.
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Forms
plural: suppertimesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the customary or habitual hour for the evening meal:dinnertime
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable