Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tv dinner

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: tv din-ner
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A prepackaged meal purchased chilled or frozen and heated at home.

Example Sentences

"Like foil-tray frozen meals, which were used by airlines before Swanson branded them as “TV dinners,” Twitter was not initially invented to be an adjunct to the tube."

Etymology

Originally used for a brand of packaged meal (TV Brand Frozen Dinner) developed in 1953 for Swanson & Sons.

Inflected Forms

TV dinners (plural)

Synonyms

microwave meal ready meal

Questions

What does tv dinner mean?: A prepackaged meal purchased chilled or frozen and heated at home.
Where does tv dinner come from?: Originally used for a brand of packaged meal (TV Brand Frozen Dinner) developed in 1953 for Swanson & Sons.

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