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lunch

  • noun
  • /lʌnt͡ʃ/

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

Other meanings

  1. A break in play between the first and second sessions.

  2. Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

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

A kind of

  • meal

Kinds of lunch

  • business lunch

Related words

  • blunch
  • funch
  • Lunchable
  • lunchable
  • lunchbreak
  • lunchee
  • luncheteria
  • lunchette
  • lunchless
  • lunchline
  • lunchmaking
  • lunchmate

Example sentences

  • “My lunch exploded in the microwave.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “I don't do lunch.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Staple a note on the bag that says it's your lunch.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "nonechenche" (light midday meal).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lunch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.