Like other abstract noun the names of
meals are used without articles when they have the most general meaning.
In such cases they denote processes of taking food. For example: Breakfast
tomorrow will be at 8.Will you stay for dinner? When supper was over
they went back into the bedroom
The definite article is used when the name of a meal
denotes a party/dinner-party, tea-party/ or its contents which are
specified. For example: At the last dinner, three years ago, a fox
was brought in a cage. Then she thanked him for the breakfast
Note
In a few cases the definite article is used side by side with the
absence of articles. Compare: The dinner is ready. And Wash
your hands, everyone. Dinner is ready
The indefinite article is used before the nouns under
discussion in its classifying and sometimes numerical function. In the
first case, the nouns are modified by descriptive attributes. For
example: All we had was a quiet, simple dinner .I'll give you a
native dinner. he ordered a rich, expensive lunch.
