MENU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does menu mean? 

• MENU (noun)
  The noun MENU has 4 senses:

1. a list of dishes available at a restaurant

2. the dishes making up a meal

3. (computer science) a list of options available to a computer user

4. an agenda of things to do

  Familiarity information: MENU used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A list of dishes available at a restaurant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill of fare; card; carte; carte du jour; menu

Context example:

the menu was in French

Hypernyms ("menu" is a kind of...):

bill (a list of particulars (as a playbill or bill of fare))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "menu"):

a la carte (a menu having individual dishes listed with separate prices)

prix fixe (a menu listing fixed meals at fixed prices)

table d'hote (a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The dishes making up a meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("menu" is a kind of...):

fare (the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(computer science) a list of options available to a computer user

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

computer menu; menu

Hypernyms ("menu" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "menu"):

drop-down menu (a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it)

cascading menu; hierarchical menu; submenu (a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An agenda of things to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

fare; menu

Context example:

they worked rapidly down the menu of reports

Hypernyms ("menu" is a kind of...):

agenda; docket; schedule (a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to)

 Context examples 

But it is also possible that menu labelling could change what outlets serve, as nutritionally-poor food could lead to bad publicity.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

If you are attached, you will want privacy, so make it a dinner in a fine restaurant that offers a special menu for the day for lovers.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Caught in the pinch with a part sack of rice and a few pounds of dried apricots, rice and apricots was his menu three times a day for five days hand-running.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Both sculpin and herring are on the cormorant's menu.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The main contributions of the design produced by the UGR include its compact size and the programming of an Android app that enables it to be used by non-specialists via an intuitive menu.

(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)

In the UK, the government included voluntary menu labelling in its Public Health Responsibility Deal in 2011.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

Taurus, the place of the full moon, is a sensuous sign that values beauty and fine taste in all things, so the flowers, music, selection of wines, and delicious food on the menu will likely be outstanding.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Items from restaurants with in-store menu labelling had on average 45% less fat and 60% less salt than items from other restaurants.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)

As an Aquarius, you tend to like vegetarian or light fare, so look to see if you can find a special-occasion restaurant with a menu that’s plant based and where the menu items are prepared in a new way by a highly creative master chef.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Across all menu categories, at least three-quarters of individual menu items were below the daily maximum recommended intake for energy, fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt.

(Menu labelling linked to less fat and salt in food, University of Cambridge)