- 1 a 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? Wordfinderrestaurantà la carte, course, cuisine, menu, order, reservation, restaurant, service charge, speciality, waiter 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 Yamada) reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six ask for/request a table for two/a table by the windowIn 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 (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee complain about the food/the service/your meal enjoy your mealPaying pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal service is (not) included give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveextensive, limited, full, … verb + menuconsult, have, look at, … menu + verbfeature something, include something, offer something, … menu + nounboard, choice, selection, … prepositionon the menu phrasesa choice of menu See full entry See related entries: Dining out
- 2 (computing) a list of possible choices that are shown on a computer screen a pull-down menu see also drop-down menu Wordfinderfilecopy, data, delete, file, folder, icon, menu, open, password, print Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivedrop-down, pop-up, pull-down, … verb + menuselect something from, go to, access, … menu + nounbar, item, choice, … See full entry See related entries: Using a computer Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, ‘detailed list’ (noun use of menu ‘small, detailed’), from Latin minutus ‘very small’.Extra examples Chef Nigel Crowther will expand the menu to include several vegetarian options. Go to the topic menu in the upper right hand corner. Many menus now list ingredients. Many restaurants do a very reasonable set menu at lunchtime. May we have the menu? 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 menu changes daily. The restaurant changes its menu every six months. What’s on the menu this evening? You’ll find it in the topic menu. a menu offering many vegetarian dishes a ten-course tasting menu buttons that make it easy to navigate the on-screen menu
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