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The definition of lunch is a meal eaten at midday.

(noun)

An example of lunch is a sandwich at noon after meeting a friend.

To lunch is defined as to eat a midday meal.

(verb)

An example of lunch is to go out to get a nice meal with friends at 1pm.

See lunch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any light meal; esp., the regular midday meal between breakfast and dinner
the food prepared for such a meal

Origin: earlier, a piece, thick piece < ?: first appears as rendering of Sp lonja, slice of ham, which it formerly paralleled in pronun.

intransitive verb

to eat lunch

transitive verb

to provide lunch for

Related Forms:

luncher noun

See lunch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A meal eaten at midday.
The food provided for a midday meal.

intransitive verb lunched, lunch·ing, lunch·es

To eat a midday meal.

Origin:

Origin: Short for luncheon

Related Forms:

lunchˈer noun

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