1
: a usually light meal
especially
: one taken in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch
lunched; lunching; lunches
: to eat lunch
: to treat to lunch
luncher
noun
Examples of lunch in a Sentence
Noun
I like to eat a healthy lunch every day.
We took a picnic lunch to the park.
They've brought their own lunches with them.
I had just a sandwich for lunch.
I bought her some lunch.
Verb
She often lunches in the park.
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
Look at the timestamps below: Taken at 12 PM after the gym,
Taken at 2 PM after having lunch.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 15 Feb. 2025
Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The group lunched at Mount Ceder, watching a herd of goats frolic in the heat in their pastoral landscape that led to massive, slanted steeps in the distance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Venga also serves lunch, with dishes such as salads, sandwiches, burgers, street tacos, and quesadillas up for grabs.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
Look at the timestamps below: Taken at 12 PM after the gym,
Taken at 2 PM after having lunch.
—Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
During and after that process, Infantino visited the White House three times, golfed with Trump in New Jersey and lunched with him at the 2020 World Economic Forum.
—Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The group lunched at Mount Ceder, watching a herd of goats frolic in the heat in their pastoral landscape that led to massive, slanted steeps in the distance.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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lunch
1 of 2 noun1
: a light meal
especially
: one eaten in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch
lunch
2 of 2 verb
: to eat or treat to lunch
luncher
noun
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