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noun

menu n.

The details of a banquet; a list of the dishes served at a meal, whether or not one has a choice.

Any list of objects, activities, etc. from which to choose; a selection of alternatives.

Hence:A list of dishes form which to choose at a restaurant; a bill of fare.

Hence: (Computers) A list displayed on the computer screen, by which a program provides the user with different options for processing by the program. It usually includes a mechanism, such as pointing by a mouse or selection by arrow keys, to select the desired option from those on the list. Depending on how the menu is displayed, it may be a pop-up menu or pull-down menu.

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Etymology of 'Menu'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Menu" Quotes from Famous Books

... to bed if you feel inclined to," said Lady Ruth; "but you will have some dinner in your room, will you not? They shall bring you up the menu." ...

— The Ashiel mystery - A Detective Story • Mrs. Charles Bryce

... distinctness—particularly the entrance of two charming young people, making rainbows all about them, as, ushered by a smiling waiter, who was evidently no stranger to their felicity, they seated themselves at a neighbouring table with a happy sigh, and neglected the menu for a moment or two while they gazed, rapt and lost, into each other's eyes. How well I knew it all; how easily I could have taken the young man's place, and played the part for which this evening he was so fortunately ...

— Vanishing Roads and Other Essays • Richard Le Gallienne

... little pillars mean? And are those little doors?" I had promised myself to go there, as one promises oneself a bonne bouche to finish a happy banquet. And I had realized the subtlety, essentially feminine, that had placed a temple there. And Menu-Hotep's temple, perhaps you say, was it not there before the queen's? Then he must have possessed a subtlety purely feminine, or have been advised by one of his wives in his building operations, or by some favorite female slave. Blundering, ...

— The Spell of Egypt • Robert Hichens

... morning meal of these hunters and fishermen was a veritable djeuner a la fourchette, for their menu included venison, turkey, sweet-potatoes, hoe-cakes made from fresh maize flour, and excellent coffee. Captain F. and an old negro woman remained in camp to clean and salt down the fish caught on the previous afternoon, while the orator and his party went down the creek in two long, narrow scows, ...

— Four Months in a Sneak-Box • Nathaniel H. Bishop

... the Vedas or the Zendavesta. The Proverbs of Solomon are about on a level with the books of Confucius. But nowhere in all these Ethnic Scriptures are strains like some of the Psalms—like passages in Isaiah and Jeremiah. The laws of Menu are low compared with ...

— Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors • James Freeman Clarke

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