lunch

/ləntʃ/

/ləntʃ/

Other forms: lunched; lunches; lunching

Lunch is the meal you eat in the middle of the day. If you only have a short lunch break during your school or work day, you might quickly eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

The size of your lunch depends on what country you live in. In the US, most people eat a small lunch and a larger dinner at the end of the day. The word is a somewhat fancy verb, too: "Shall we lunch at the club, or have the cook make us something at home?" Lunch is a shortened version of luncheon, which may stem from the earlier dialectical lunch, "hunk of bread and cheese."

Definitions of lunch

1. noun

   a midday meal
   synonyms: dejeuner, luncheon, tiffin

   types:

   business lunch

   lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense

   type of:

   meal, repast

   the food served and eaten at one time
2. verb

   take the midday meal
   “At what time are you lunching?”

   type of:

   eat

   eat a meal; take a meal
3. verb

   provide a midday meal for
   “She lunched us well”

   type of:

   feed, give

   give food to