lunch

  • 41lunch*/*/*/ — [lʌntʃ] noun [C/U] a meal that you eat in the middle of the day I ll get a sandwich for lunch.[/ex] Let s have lunch at that new restaurant.[/ex] She s usually at lunch from twelve till one.[/ex] Mr. Miller s already gone to lunch.[/ex] …

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  • 42lunch — [[t]lʌntʃ[/t]] n. 1) a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon 2) any light meal or snack 3) to eat lunch 4) to provide lunch for • out to lunch Etymology: 1585–95; shortening of luncheon lunch′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 43lunch — 1. ланч lunch hour время ланча lunch break перерыв на ланч 2. завтракать right after lunch сразу после завтрака school lunch bread хлебец для школьного завтрака …

    English-Russian travelling dictionary

  • 44lunch — I. noun Etymology: probably short for luncheon Date: 1812 1. a usually light meal; especially one taken in the middle of the day 2. the food prepared for a lunch II. verb Date: 1811 intransitive verb to eat lunch …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45lunch — 1. noun /lʌnʧ/ a) A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didnt go to the cemetery. b) A break in play between the first and second sessions. Syn: l …

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  • 46lunch — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino COCINA Comida ligera, aperitivo o refrigerio: ■ después de la conferencia habrá un lunch para los asistentes. * * * lunch (ingl.; pronunc. [lanch]) m. Comida constituida por manjares fríos que se da o se toma …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 47lunch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. luncheon, snack, collation, midday meal, spread, bite (inf.). See food. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. meal, light repast, luncheon, refreshment, sandwich, snack, tea, high tea. v. Syn. dine, have lunch,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 48lunch — [16] When lunch first appeared on the scene, at the end of the 16th century, it was used for a ‘slice or hunk of food’ (‘He shall take bread and cut it into little lunches into a pan with cheese’, Richard Surfleet, Country Farm 1600). It appears… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49lunch — noun a meal eaten in the middle of the day. verb eat lunch. ↘take (someone) out for lunch. Phrases out to lunch informal unbalanced or stupid. Derivatives luncher noun Origin C19: abbrev. of luncheon …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50lunch — [16] When lunch first appeared on the scene, at the end of the 16th century, it was used for a ‘slice or hunk of food’ (‘He shall take bread and cut it into little lunches into a pan with cheese’, Richard Surfleet, Country Farm 1600). It appears… …

    Word origins