Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dinner hour

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: din-ner hour
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dinnertime, the hour in which the dinner meal takes place.

noun

The midday break in British schools (some areas), lunchtime.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

dinner hours (plural) dinner-hour (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

suppertime lunch hour supper hour

Synonyms

supper hour dinnertime

Questions

What does dinner hour mean?: Dinnertime, the hour in which the dinner meal takes place.

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