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What (who) is lunch - definition
lunch
![port workers]] aboard a [[cargo ship]] during their common lunch, 1958](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aboard the German cargo ship MS Bernhard Howaldt, Arab port workers during their common lunch - 1958.png?width=200 "port workers]] aboard a [[cargo ship]] during their common lunch, 1958")
![In Britain, a pub [[ploughman's lunch]] includes bread and cheese. Shown here with a meat pie.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/An Elsecar Ploughman's Lunch.jpg?width=200 "In Britain, a pub [[ploughman's lunch]] includes bread and cheese. Shown here with a meat pie.")
![A Swedish outdoor [[picnic]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arbuckle Bros. (3093845308).jpg?width=200 "A Swedish outdoor [[picnic]]")
![A lunch on the Danish island of [[Bornholm]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bornholm lunch.jpg?width=200 "A lunch on the Danish island of [[Bornholm]]")
![''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]'', a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isabella Beeton - Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management - title page.jpg?width=200 "''[[Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management]]'', a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain")
![Many restaurants serve lunch from a [[buffet]] rather than fixed portions.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lunch at Pihka Lintulahti.jpg?width=200 "Many restaurants serve lunch from a [[buffet]] rather than fixed portions.")
![impressionist]] [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1881.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Luncheon of the Boating Party - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "impressionist]] [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1881.")
.jpg?width=200 "An ''arroz de marisco'' (shellfish-rice) lunch dish in Portugal")
![A lunch menu at a restaurant in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Visums lunch menu.jpg?width=200 "A lunch menu at a restaurant in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]].")
![An example of [[South India]]n lunch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A- SOUTH INDIAN FOOD AFTER SERVING.jpg?width=200 "An example of [[South India]]n lunch")
![An example of [[North India]]n lunch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vegetarian Curry.jpeg?width=200 "An example of [[North India]]n lunch")
![[[Vietnam]]ese [[phở]], commonly served as lunch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pho-Beef-Noodles-2008.jpg?width=200 "[[Vietnam]]ese [[phở]], commonly served as lunch")
![Canadian Parliament]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], in 2009](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barack Obama & Stephen Harper at lunch in Ottawa 2-19-09.JPG?width=200 "Canadian Parliament]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], in 2009")
![A Polish [[Easter]] lunch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Easter Lunch 001.jpg?width=200 "A Polish [[Easter]] lunch")
![American lunch of a [[hamburger]] and [[French fries]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bar-91 burger, curly fries and salad.jpg?width=200 "American lunch of a [[hamburger]] and [[French fries]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Homemade open sandwich, Denmark")
![A platter of [[lunch meat]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bordei - Osteria Aufschnitt.jpg?width=200 "A platter of [[lunch meat]]s")
![[[Swordfish]] lunch](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swordfish in Limnionas, Kos, Greece (5653643083).jpg?width=200 "[[Swordfish]] lunch")
![[[Fish and chips]] served for lunch at a restaurant in Finland](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fish and chips at restaurant Faro.jpg?width=200 "[[Fish and chips]] served for lunch at a restaurant in Finland")
MEAL EATEN AROUND MIDDAY
Lunches; Noon meal scheme; Mid day meals; Mid-day meals; Lunch time; Lunchtime; Luncheon time; Luncheon; Children's Choice Hot Lunch; History of lunch
¦ 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.
Lunch
MEAL EATEN AROUND MIDDAY
Lunches; Noon meal scheme; Mid day meals; Mid-day meals; Lunch time; Lunchtime; Luncheon time; Luncheon; Children's Choice Hot Lunch; History of lunch
·vi To take luncheon.
II. Lunch ·noun A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.
lunch
MEAL EATEN AROUND MIDDAY
Lunches; Noon meal scheme; Mid day meals; Mid-day meals; Lunch time; Lunchtime; Luncheon time; Luncheon; Children's Choice Hot Lunch; History of lunch
n.
Luncheon.
Examples of use of lunch
1. I‘d be hungry before lunch, and walk out of lunch hungry.
2. No one took lunch –– lunch was for the weak, and the weak didn‘t survive.
3. "I don‘t remember the lunch and don‘t remember anything about the lunch," Pollack said.
4. Gavrilov said most students buy lunch at school, but added that some bring lunch from home.
5. "Just lunch or lunch and rb [racquetball] or just rb? – You tell me.