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Menu ˈmenjuː Noun For/Look Lunch/Dinner Dinner Tonight List

Word3 menu
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈmenjuː/ /ˈmenjuː/
Example
  • may we have the menu?
  • to ask for/look at the menu
  • the lunch/dinner menu
  • what's on the menu (= for dinner) tonight?
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menu

(noun)/ˈmenjuː/ /ˈmenjuː/
  1. a list of the food that is available at a restaurant or to be served at a meal
    • SEE ALSO tasting menu
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tasting-menu
    • May we have the menu?
    • to ask for/look at the menu
    • the lunch/dinner menu
    • What's on the menu (= for dinner) tonight?
    • The chef put together a special menu of drinks and dishes employing chocolate.

    Extra Examples

    • Many restaurants do a very reasonable set menu at lunchtime.
    • Passengers are offered a daily choice of menu.
    • She completely changes her seasonal menus every few months.
    • The chef was chalking the daily specials on the menu board.
    • The restaurant changes its menu every six months.
    • a ten-course tasting menu
  2. a list of possible choices that are shown on a computer screen
    • SEE ALSO drop-down menu
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/drop-down-menu
    • a pull-down/pop-up menu
    • When highlighted information is clicked, a pop-up menu appears.
    • I clicked on a menu item called ‘connect to server’.
    • a menu option/button

    Extra Examples

    • Go to the topic menu in the upper right-hand corner.
    • buttons that make it easy to navigate the on-screen menu
    • You can choose from a menu of options.
    • I clicked the icon in the start menu.

    Word Origin

    • mid 19th cent.: from French, ‘detailed list’ (noun use of menu ‘small, detailed’), from Latin minutus ‘very small’.
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