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Lunchtime

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The time during which lunch is usually eaten.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

n. the period of 30 minutes to an hour at midday between lessons when schoolchildren are allowed to go outside and play or eat.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the time for eating lunch.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch

Word Usage

"Your comment about the 'grey Lancastrian lunchtime' is clear evidence of anti-Lancashire bias from a known Yorkshireman, and is not what I'd expect from the Guardian."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

mealtime

Form

legend in one's own lunchtime

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

rush-hour late-night cash-strapped hour-long after-work