lunch

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♦♦ lunch /l'ʌntʃ/ (lunches lunching lunched)
1 [N-VAR]
Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day.
Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?...
He did not enjoy business lunches...
If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client.
2 [VERB] V adv/prep, V
When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant. (FORMAL)
Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle...
Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches.box lunch (box lunches)
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A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. (AM; in BRIT, use packed lunch)lunch box (lunch boxes)
also lunchbox
[N-COUNT]
A lunch box is a small container with a lid. You put food such as sandwiches in it to eat for lunch at work or at school.lunch break (lunch breaks)
also lunchbreak
[N-COUNT] usu poss N
Your lunch break is the period in the middle of the day when you stop work in order to have a meal.lunch coun|ter (lunch counters)
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A lunch counter is an informal café or a counter in a shop where people can buy and eat meals. (AM)lunch hour (lunch hours)
[N-COUNT] usu poss N
Your lunch hour is the period in the middle of the day when you stop working, usually for one hour, in order to have a meal.packed lunch (packed lunches)
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A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. (BRIT; in AM, use box lunch)plough|man's lunch (ploughman's lunches)
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A ploughman's lunch or a ploughman's is a meal consisting of bread, cheese, salad, and pickle, usually eaten in a pub. (BRIT)school lunch (school lunches)
[N-VAR]
School lunches are midday meals provided for children at a school.
= school dinner

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