What does LUNCH mean?

Definitions for LUNCH
lʌntʃlunch

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeunerverb

    a midday meal

  2. lunchverb

    take the midday meal

    "At what time are you lunching?"

  3. lunchverb

    provide a midday meal for

    "She lunched us well"

GCIDE

  1. Lunchnoun

    A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.

Wiktionary

  1. lunchnoun

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

  2. lunchnoun

    A break in play between the first and second sessions.

  3. lunchnoun

    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.

  4. lunchverb

    To eat lunch.

    I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

  5. Etymology: Recorded since 1580; presumably short for luncheon, apparently an alteration from nuncheon, nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from nonus) + schench "drink" (from scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lunch, Luncheonnoun

    As much food as one’s hand can hold.

    Etymology: Minshaw derives it from louja, Spanish; Stephen Skinner from kleinken, a small piece, Teutonick. It probably comes from clutch or clunch.

    When hungry thou stood’st staring, like an oaf,
    I slic’d the luncheon from the barley loaf;
    With crumbled bread I thicken’d well the mess. John Gay.

Wikipedia

  1. Lunch

    Lunch is a meal eaten around the middle of the day. It is commonly the second meal of the day, after breakfast, and varies in size by culture and region.

ChatGPT

  1. lunch

    Lunch is a meal that is typically eaten in the middle of the day, usually sometime between the morning and evening meals. It can vary greatly in size and content based on cultural norms and personal preference, and can include a wide range of foods such as sandwiches, salads, soups, or hot dishes. It serves to provide energy and nutrients for the afternoon's activities.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lunchnoun

    a luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner

  2. Lunchverb

    to take luncheon

  3. Etymology: [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.]

Wikidata

  1. Lunch

    Lunch, an abbreviation of luncheon, is a midday meal, and is generally smaller than dinner, which is the main meal of the day whenever dinner is eaten. The origin of the words lunch and luncheon relate to a small meal originally eaten at any time of the day or night, but during the 20th century gradually focused toward a small meal eaten at midday.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lunch

    lunsh, n. a slight repast between breakfast and dinner—also Lunch′eon.—v.i. to take lunch.—n. Lunch′eon-bar, a counter at a restaurant where luncheons are served. [Lunch, a contr. of luncheon, itself extended from lunch, a lump.]

Editors Contribution

  1. lunch

    A moderate amount of food.

    It is important to eat lunch during the day.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LUNCH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lunch is ranked #146201 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lunch surname appeared 113 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Lunch.

    69.9% or 79 total occurrences were White.
    23.8% or 27 total occurrences were Black.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'LUNCH' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2129

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'LUNCH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1058

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'LUNCH' in Nouns Frequency: #808

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LUNCH in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LUNCH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of LUNCH in a Sentence

  1. Kerry Stutzman:

    Now it's such a treat. We love to get breakfast or lunch. We sit there and we talk for hours.

  2. Susan Silver:

    She went out to dance every lunch hour, she was such a perfectionist and so disciplined. She started as a dancer, so she did that all the time. She could have been a diva, but she never was. She really was the Mary you wanted her to be.

  3. Mary Parenteau:

    In general, many microbes like to 'eat' organic compounds, especially certain lipids, for lunch, and can destroy the bulk of the organics before they have a chance to get preserved, iron can rapidly entomb or bind to the organics and make them unavailable to 'eat,' similar to encasing a sandwich in cement.

  4. Tom Hayes:

    How much influence I'm going to have in inverted commas I don't know, took the guys out for a very expensive lunch when I was in London. It cost more than I care to think about.

  5. The School Nutrition Association:

    Overly prescriptive regulations have resulted in unintended consequences, including reduced student lunch participation, higher costs and food waste. Federal nutrition standards should be modified to help school menu planners manage these challenges and prepare nutritious meals that appeal to diverse student tastes.

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