After-dinner
1After-dinner — Aft er din ner, n. The time just after dinner. An after dinner s sleep. Shak. [Obs.] a. Following dinner; post prandial; as, an after dinner nap. [1913 Webster] …
2after-dinner — (adj.) 1730, from AFTER (Cf. after) + DINNER (Cf. dinner) …
3after-dinner — /af teuhr din euhr, ahf /, adj. immediately following dinner: an after dinner speech. [1570 80] * * * …
4after-dinner — /af teuhr din euhr, ahf /, adj. immediately following dinner: an after dinner speech. [1570 80] …
5after-dinner — adj. After dinner is used with these nouns: ↑conversation, ↑drink, ↑speaker, ↑speech, ↑walk …
6after-dinner — after the evening meal …
7after dinner rest a while, after supper walk a mile — The sense turns on the fact that dinner is a heavy meal, while supper is a light one. The precept was current in medieval Latin: post prandium stabis, post coenam ambulabis, after luncheon you will stand still, after supper you will walk about.… …
8after-dinner speech — /aftə dɪnə ˈspitʃ/ (say ahftuh dinuh speech) noun a speech of an entertaining, motivating, or ceremonial nature, given when the main part of a formal dinner is over. Also, after dinner talk. –after dinner speaker, noun …
9after-dinner speech — noun A public address event that is traditionally spoken after a dinner, and meant to take an important topic and make greater sense of it through the use of humor that is relevant to the idea presented …
10after-dinner mint — /aftə ˈdɪnə mɪnt/ (say ahftuh dinuh mint) noun a peppermint flavoured chocolate, sometimes served after a formal dinner …
