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A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

The time during which lunch is usually eaten.

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.

Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

A break in work or school to eat lunch.

Lunch, an abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal eaten around midday. During the 20th century, the meaning gradually narrowed to a meal eaten midday.

The time for eating lunch; as, he observed a regular lunchtime.

A meal eaten at midday.

The customary or habitual hour for eating lunch;

The food provided for a midday meal.

To eat a midday meal.

(intransitive) To eat lunch.

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.

To take luncheon.

A midday meal

Take the midday meal;

Provide a midday meal for;