lunchroom

noun

lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm How to pronounce lunchroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten

Examples of lunchroom in a Sentence

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Similarly, the installation Cutting Board features an industrial lunchroom table, its wood surface crawling with a forest of red graphite tipped appendages, sandwiched between two mirror walls akin to a dance studio. Robert Alan Grand, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 That includes instructional staff, like teachers and special education classroom assistants to our lunchroom, security, custodial staff, and more. Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024 Key Lime Break — Loki and Mobius share a moment savoring a key lime pie in the TVA lunchroom. John Archer, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 One of Barron Trump’s former classmates at his exclusive Florida private school fondly remembers him as a charming if oddball presence who was guarded by armed Secret Service agents on campus and mostly kept to himself, eschewing school sports, dances and meals in the luxe lunchroom. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for lunchroom 

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lunchroom was in 1830

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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunchroom. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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lunchroom

noun
lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm How to pronounce lunchroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches may be eaten
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