lunchroom

noun

lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm How to pronounce lunchroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches supplied on the premises or brought from home may be eaten

Examples of lunchroom in a Sentence

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The trailer shows the crew inviting Franklin to sit with them in a lunchroom. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Courier-Journal, 27 Nov. 2024 Jacky McCoy, an at-large board member, said that allowing cellphones during lunch could be problematic since students could film fights that break out in the lunchroom. Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024 The pair, who are both currently starring in Christmas rom-coms, went on WWHL on November 20, and they were tasked with recreating the lunchroom scene in Mean Girls, with Andy Cohen standing in as Regina George. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024 Similarly, the installation Cutting Board features an industrial lunchroom table, its wood surface crawling with a forest of red graphite tipped appendages, sandwiched between two mirror walls akin to a dance studio. Robert Alan Grand, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for lunchroom 

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lunchroom was in 1830

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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lunchroom. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.

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lunchroom

noun
lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm How to pronounce lunchroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
1
2
: a room (as in a school) where lunches may be eaten
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