bill of fare

English

Noun

bill of fare (plural bills of fare)

1. A written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a banquet, or of the dishes (with prices listed) that may be ordered at a restaurant, etc.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.

Synonyms

• menu

Translations

enumeration of dishes in writing

• Arabic:

  Gulf Arabic: منيو m (minyu)

• Finnish: menukortti
• French: carte (fr) f, menu (fr) m
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• Interlingue:
• Russian: меню (ru) (menju)
• Spanish: carta (es) f, menú (es) m

References

• “bill”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ball of fire