Award degree during dinner? (5)
I believe the answer is:
medal
'award' is the definition.
(I know that medal is a type of award)
'degree during dinner?' is the wordplay.
'degree' becomes 'd' (abbreviation for the degree in measuring angles).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'dinner?' becomes 'meal' (dinner is a meal).
'd' put into 'meal' is 'MEDAL'.
(Other definitions for medal that I've seen before include "Winner's award" , "Sports award" , "Piece of metal as award or in commemoration" , "Gong (sl.)" , "Prize disc for as for Olympic Games win" .)