lunch
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
Noun 3 meanings
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
A break in play between the first and second sessions.
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.”
Verb 2 meanings
To eat lunch.
“I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.”
To treat to lunch.
Etymology
Recorded since 1580 in the sense “piece, hunk”. The word luncheon with the same meaning is presumably an extension on the pattern of puncheon (“cask”) and truncheon (“cudgel”).
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LUNCH at a glance
LUNCH has 5 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (L 1 + U 1 + N 1 + C 3 + H 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,167 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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