Noon

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Twelve o'clock in the daytime; midday.
  • n. The time or point in the sun's path at which the sun is on the local meridian. Also called noontide, noontime.
  • n. The highest point; the zenith.
  • n. Archaic Midnight.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
  • n. Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
  • n. The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. No. See the Note under No.
  • n. The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
  • n. Hence, the highest point; culmination.
  • adj. Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional.
  • verb-intransitive. To take rest and refreshment at noon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The ninth hour of the day according to Roman and ecclesiastical reckoning, namely the ninth hour from sunrise, or the middle hour between midday and sunsetā€”that is, about 3 p. m.; later, the ecclesiastical hour of nones, at any time from midday till the ninth hour.
  • n. Midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
  • n. The middle or culminating point of any course; the time of greatest brilliancy or power; the prime.
  • n. plural The noonday meal. Compare nones, 2.
  • Meridional.
  • To rest at noon or during the warm part of the day.
  • A Middle English form of none.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the middle of the day
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    time of day    hour   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    midday    culmination    meridional    noonday    meridian   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun    Kuhn    Moon    Noone    Rangoon    Sassoon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    midnight    dawn    afternoon    sunset    midday    sunrise    daylight    a.m    twilight    daybreak