Lunch

Quick meaning: Lunch is a noun meaning A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Meaning

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

More Meanings

1. (cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
2. (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
3. (intransitive) To eat lunch.
4. (transitive) To treat to lunch.
5. (obsolete) A thin piece or hunk (of bread, meat, etc.)

Example Sentences

I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.

We dined him, we lunched him, we were photographed in his company by flashlight.

Word Forms

• lunches
• lunching
• lunched

Synonyms for lunch

Depending on context, synonyms include luncheon, nones, dejeuner, tiffin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner, lunchtime, lunchroom, mealtime.

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