lunchroom
noun
lunch·room
ˈlənch-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten
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Hundreds of elementary school students did their best to sit still and stay pin-drop silent as first-grade teacher Stephanie Lane made her way into the lunchroom Thursday.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
A lot of that takes place not (only) in a meeting but at the lunchroom table or at a Padres game or at the pickleball court or at the game room.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Beyond employment, Wilson Administration officials re-segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, and workspaces in federal buildings that had been integrated since the end of the Civil War.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
A lot of that takes place not (only) in a meeting but at the lunchroom table or at a Padres game or at the pickleball court or at the game room.
—Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
Beyond employment, Wilson Administration officials re-segregated bathrooms, lunchrooms, and workspaces in federal buildings that had been integrated since the end of the Civil War.
—Time, 14 Oct. 2025
With an exception here and there, most of these guys started gambling as teens, playing lunchroom hold-em and NFL parlays for a buck or two a throw.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunchroom. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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lunchroom
noun
lunch·room
ˈlənch-ˌrüm
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches may be eaten
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