lunch

When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant. Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches. to eat lunch lunch with

Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day. Shall we meet somewhere for lunch? He did not enjoy business lunches If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client

a midday meal

{f} eat an afternoon meal; eat a light meal, have a snack; host guests for an afternoon meal

Students returning late from lunch period can be considered to be truant For complete information refer to Open Campus Policy

lunch kettle

A lunchbox. Primarily used in eastern Pennsylvania, USA

lunch lady

A dinner lady

lunch meat

Any processed, prepackaged molded animal parts served sliced for consumption in sandwiches or salads

lunch pail

A lunchbox (container)

lunch-time

The time or hour at which lunch is normally eaten

It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.

lunch box

box for sandwiches or lunch to be carried to work or school; (Slang) abdomen, belly

lunch box

A lunch box is a small container with a lid. You put food such as sandwiches in it to eat for lunch at work or at school

lunch break

Your lunch break is the period in the middle of the day when you stop work in order to have a meal. the time in the middle of the day when people at work or at school stop working to eat lunch

lunch break

time of day when one stops working in order to eat lunch

lunch counter

A lunch counter is an informal café or a counter in a shop where people can buy and eat meals. a place that serves simple meals for lunch, or a small restaurant that is only open at lunchtime

lunch hour

Your lunch hour is the period in the middle of the day when you stop working, usually for one hour, in order to have a meal. the period of time in the middle of the day when people stop working in order to eat

lunch meat

any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold

business lunch

Lunch where business is discussed, which can be written off as a business expense

free lunch

Something obtained without any payment, obligation or effort

hot lunch

a sexual act in which a pouch of clingfilm or similar material filled with faeces is placed in one of the participants' mouth and subsequently penetrated by the second participant

liquid lunch

The consumption of alcohol with no (or little) food at lunchtime

lose one's lunch

Vomit, throw up

luncher

Someone who lunches, someone who eats lunch

out to lunch

Away eating lunch or for a midday break; especially, away from work or a job

She's out to lunch right now, but you may leave her a note.

out to lunch

clueless, inattentive or careless

After he drove with his turn signal on for five miles, I was pretty sure he was out to lunch.

packed lunch

A picnic meal, sandwiches or anything packed and intended to be eaten away from home

ploughman's lunch

A light meal of cheese, pickled onions (or pickle), and a bread roll; especially one served in a pub at lunchtime. Originally devised by a marketing executive of the Dairy Council in a 1960-61 advertising campaign to sell English cheese and beer

plowman's lunch

Alternative spelling of ploughman's lunch

power lunch

A working lunch at which important discussions may be held, and important decisions made

there's no such thing as a free lunch

Nothing is free; everything has a price

three-martini lunch

A leisurely, expensive, midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed

cut lunch

{i} (Australia) box lunch, packed lunch, light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location

Cut lunch

Ready-to-eat cold meal prepared in advance and packaged for taking to work/school, going on a trip, etc., box lunch [N. Amer], packed lunch [Brit]

There's no such thing as a free lunch

(Atasözü) Said to emphasize that you cannot get something for nothing

"I get to travel with my job but the downside is I have to give talks." "Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch.".

Naked Lunch

1959 novel by William Burroughs; 1991 film directed by David Cronenberg

bag lunch

light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location

box lunch

A box lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. An individually portioned lunch packed in a small box. a lunch (=a meal eaten in the middle of the day) that you take to school or work with you in a lunchbox British Equivalent: packed lunch

box lunch

{i} packed lunch, light lunch packed in a box to be eaten in a different location; obento, Japanese meal packed in a lacquer box which is divided into sections

business lunch

lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense

business lunch

working lunch, lunch where a business meeting is held

dairy lunch

restaurant that only serves dairy meals

free lunch

Something acquired without due effort or without cost

free lunch

something acquired without effort or payment or obligation; "there is no free lunch in politics or Hollywood

lunched

past of lunch

luncher

someone who is eating lunch

lunches

plural of lunch

lunches

third-person singular of lunch

lunching

the act of eating lunch

lunching

present participle of lunch

out to lunch

currently unavailable while eating lunch; not readily available;; behaving strangely, acting oddly

out to lunch

{s} (Slang) crazy, "nuts

packed lunch

(British) light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location

packed lunch

A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch. food such as sandwiches and fruit that you take with you to work, school etc for lunch

ploughman's lunch

a meal consisting of a sandwich of bread and cheese and a salad

ploughman's lunch

A ploughman's lunch or a ploughman's is a meal consisting of bread, cheese, salad, and pickle, usually eaten in a pub. a simple meal that people eat especially in pubs, consisting of bread, cheese, salad and pickle

sack lunch

light afternoon meal packed to be eaten in a different location

school lunch

School lunches are midday meals provided for children at a school. = school dinner

spot of lunch

light meal, small meal

there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

nothing worthwhile is for free, quality doesn't come cheap

lunch

التركية النطق

lʌnç

المترادفات

luncheon

النطق

/ˈlənʧ/ /ˈlʌnʧ/

علم أصول الكلمات

[ l&nch ] (noun.) 1812. Recorded since 1580; presumably short for luncheon, apparently an alteration from nuncheon, nonechenche "light mid-day meal", itself from none "noon" (from Latin nonus) + schench "drink" (from Old English scenc, from scencan "pour out") and altered by northern English dialect lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1590), which probably is from Spanish lonja "a slice" (literally "loin")