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lunch
/ ʌԳʃ /
noun
a meal eaten during the middle of the day
(among older people) mid-afternoon tea
verb
(intr) to eat lunch
(tr) to provide or buy lunch for
Other 51Թ Forms
- luncher noun
- lunchless adjective
- prelunch adjective
- ˈܲԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lunch1
Idioms and Phrases
out to lunch, not paying attention or tending to business; negligent.
You must have been out to lunch when you wrote that weird report.
Example Sentences
Before the service King Charles hosted a lunch for the order.
Although having netted in underground car parks in Kuala Lumpur and been fascinated by the the size of Jonah Lomu's lunch, perhaps the tournament was approached in a more leisurely fashion.
She uses Poundland to pick up snacks for her sons' packed lunches, stationery and birthday cards for school, plus shampoo, shower gel and cleaning products.
Times’ 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles — sees a “huge” lunch rush at the market from noon to 2 p.m.
It was a balmy Thursday afternoon at the residential hostel of the BJ Medical College and the canteen was teeming with students getting lunch.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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