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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

... place to go to, and what was best to have. By that time I had got about sick of his society, and said bluntly that, as I knew Genoa thoroughly, I was not going anywhere in the Galleria Mazzini, as he suggested, but to somewhere in another direction; and, further, that as his idea of his menu and mine didn't appear to coincide in any one item, we had better bid one another good afternoon. But the horror of loneliness loomed near him again, and for one of the few times in his life he changed front without argument. He would grant, upon second thoughts, that I must know best about ...

— The Recipe for Diamonds • Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

... understand perfectly how your nets can furnish excellent fish for your table; I understand less how you can chase aquatic game in your underwater forests; but how a piece of red meat, no matter how small, can figure in your menu, that I don't ...

— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne

... foods should be used, in order to get the different elements which are necessary for the human machine. It is not wholesome to have many foods at a meal; but the menu should be ...

— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters

... proved to be a repetition of the supper of the night before, except that two great flapjacks were added to the menu, greased with fat from the bacon and sprinkled a half-inch ...

— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels

... must begin with the code of Menu which was probably drawn up in the 9th century B.C. In the society described, the first feature that strikes us is the division into four castes—the sacerdotal, the military, the industrial, and the servile. The Bramin is above all others ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. - Modern History • Arthur Mee

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