noun

A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

The food or drinks that are available in a restaurant, café, or bar.

The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.

(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface.

A list or agenda.

A surname from French.

verb

(transitive, rare) To include (something) in a menu.

Roots

minutusmen- · Latin · small

Synonyms for menu

carten

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