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lunch

verb · noun US /lʌntʃ/

take the midday meal

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Rank 2,873 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,744 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

verb

  1. take the midday meal At what time are you lunching?
  2. provide a midday meal for She lunched us well

noun

  1. a midday meal also: luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

lunch in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • I am so glad you lunch here to-day.

    The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1

  • At last, just before lunch, he found a breathing space.

    Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1

  • I knew all the time he was talking about his lunch.

    The Motormaniacs · Lloyd Osbourne · Chapter 1

  • Whenever you think we are going to have green peas for lunch, you run up very quickly.

    Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1

  • I will put some lunch for you in the yellow basket, and you may dig worms for bait in the garden.

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

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