lunch counter

noun

1

: a long counter at which lunches are sold

2

: luncheonette

Examples of lunch counter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Six months prior to his arrival in Greensboro, four Black students from North Carolina A&T refused to leave the whites-only Woolworth lunch counter, launching a sit-in movement that soon drew national attention. —Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025

Best of all, pick up a made-to-order deli sandwich from the lunch counter. —Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 24 Jan. 2025

There's also a lunch counter, which is open 11-2 Wednesday through Friday and 10-2 on Saturdays, helmed by local chef Miz Yalonda Ramsey. —Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025

Like Lawson, Lewis was among the leaders of the sit-ins that desegregated Nashville lunch counters in the 1960s. —Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for lunch counter

• encounter