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Definition of menu noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

      

    menu

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈmɛnyu//
     
     
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  1. 1a list of the food that is available at a restaurant or to be served at a meal to ask for/look at the menu What's on the menu (= for dinner) tonight? Topic CollocationsRestaurantseating out
    • eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
    • go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
    • have a meal with somebody
    • make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Baker)
    • reserve a table for six
    • ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
    in the restaurant
    • wait to be seated
    • show somebody to their table
    • sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
    • hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list
    • open/read/study/peruse the menu
    • the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children's menu/an extensive wine list
    • taste/sample/try the wine
    • the waiter takes your order
    • order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house specialty
    • serve/finish the appetizers/the first course/the main course/dessert/coffee
    • complain about the food/the service/your meal
    • enjoy your meal
    paying
    • pay/ask for the check/the bill
    • pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal
    • a gratuity/a service charge is (not) included
    • give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip
  2. 2(computing) a list of possible choices that are shown on a computer screen a pull-down menu see drop-down menu
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