Table d'hote

Ta´ble d'hote´    (tå´bl' dōt`)

	1.	A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.
	2.	Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price. Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hôte meal.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	table d'hote - a menu offering a complete meal with limited choices at a fixed price bill of fare, carte, carte du jour, menu, card - a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French"
Adj.	1.	table d'hote - (of a restaurant meal) complete but with limited choices and at a fixed price prix fixe a la carte - (of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each item