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table d'hôte

 
Dictionary: ta·ble d'hôte   ('bəl dōt', tä'blə) pronunciation
 
n., pl. ta·bles d'hôte ('bəl dōt', tä'blə).
  1. A communal table for all the guests at a hotel or restaurant.
  2. A full-course meal offering a limited number of choices and served at a fixed price in a restaurant or hotel. In this sense, also called prix fixe.

[French : table, table + de, of + hôte, host.]


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Food and Nutrition: table d'hôte
 

A meal consisting of a set number of courses at a fixed price; there is usually some choice of dishes within each course; a set menu as opposed to à la carte.

 
Food Lover's Companion: table d'hôte
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[tah-buhl DOHT] This French term literally means "the table of the host." On restaurant menus, however, table d'hôte refers to a complete meal of several courses for the price of the entrée. See also à la carte; prix fixe.

 
Devil's Dictionary: table d'hote
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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

    Old Paunchinello, freshly wed,
        Took Madam P. to table,
    And there deliriously fed
        As fast as he was able.
    
    "I dote upon good grub," he cried,
        Intent upon its throatage.
    "Ah, yes," said the neglected bride,
        "You're in your table d'hotage."
                                                      Associated Poets


 
WordNet: table d'hote
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price


The adjective table d'hote has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (of a restaurant meal) complete but with limited choices and at a fixed price
  Synonym: prix fixe
  Antonym: a la carte (meaning #1)


 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Food and Nutrition. A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. Copyright © 1995, 2003, 2005 by A. E. Bender and D. A. Bender. All rights reserved.  Read more
Food Lover's Companion. Food Lover's Companion. Copyright © 2001 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
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