lunchroom
noun
lunch·room
ˈlənch-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten
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Inside classrooms, the district could reduce waste by increasing use of digital over paper materials and eliminating single-use plastics in the lunchroom.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Musk appeared shortly behind him, deep in conversation with Senator Rick Scott of Florida, before disappearing into the lunchroom.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The recommendation comes after the Feb. 20 brawl between a handful of students in the Dublin High lunchroom sent two students to the hospital.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
The six episodes are packed with expositional scenes in which an experienced character walks a neophyte through a new environment, giving the lay of the cultural land as if talking about quadrants in a middle school lunchroom.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
Musk appeared shortly behind him, deep in conversation with Senator Rick Scott of Florida, before disappearing into the lunchroom.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The recommendation comes after the Feb. 20 brawl between a handful of students in the Dublin High lunchroom sent two students to the hospital.
—Kyle Martin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
The six episodes are packed with expositional scenes in which an experienced character walks a neophyte through a new environment, giving the lay of the cultural land as if talking about quadrants in a middle school lunchroom.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunchroom. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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lunchroom
noun
lunch·room
ˈlənch-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches may be eaten
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