1
: a usually light meal
especially
: one taken in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch
lunched; lunching; lunches
: to eat lunch
: to treat to lunch
luncher
noun
Examples of lunch in a Sentence
Noun
I like to eat a healthy lunch every day.
We took a picnic lunch to the park.
They've brought their own lunches with them.
I had just a sandwich for lunch.
I bought her some lunch.
Verb
She often lunches in the park.
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Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Nov. 2025
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
She was targeted earlier, while lunching at the Four Seasons with Paul Cavaco, Grace Coddington and Charles Churchward in 1996.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Earlier in November, ata Restaurant from chef David Danielson went through a major rebrand and reopened as a brunch and lunch eatery called The Hen House Cafe & Provisions.
—Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Nov. 2025
Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
Ex-England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff was lunching in the canteen during The Athletic’s visit.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
She was targeted earlier, while lunching at the Four Seasons with Paul Cavaco, Grace Coddington and Charles Churchward in 1996.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunch. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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lunch
1 of 2 noun1
: a light meal
especially
: one eaten in the middle of the day
2
: the food prepared for a lunch
lunch
2 of 2 verb
: to eat or treat to lunch
luncher
noun
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