LUNCH

lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner

(noun) a midday meal

lunch

(verb) take the midday meal; “At what time are you lunching?”

lunch

(verb) provide a midday meal for; “She lunched us well”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lunch (countable and uncountable, plural lunches)

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

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

(Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

Synonyms

• (midday meal): luncheon; nones (obsolete)

Verb

lunch (third-person singular simple present lunches, present participle lunching, simple past and past participle lunched)

(intransitive) To eat lunch.

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

Source: Wiktionary


Lunch, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.]

Definition: A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.

Lunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lunching.]

Definition: To take luncheon. Smart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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