lunchroom

noun

lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

1

: luncheonette

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Anthropic’s lunchroom, downstairs, was where Claude banged its head against walls in real life. —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

But fate placed them in the lunchroom of Queensborough Community College in 1985. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026

Support, Engage, Resource, Volunteer, Encourage (SERVE) foundation volunteer; Swallow school volunteer, including weekly lunchroom, classroom, and after-school club teacher of the school's Nature Club. —Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 27 Jan. 2026

Geraldine Timms, a high school lunchroom worker in Chicago, is frequently credited with the idea, offering a solution to a glut of sauerkraut that school systems found themselves with in the 1960s. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for lunchroom

• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume

Kids Definition

lunchroom

noun

lunch·​room ˈlənch-ˌrüm 

-ˌru̇m

1

: luncheonette

2

: a room (as in a school) where lunches may be eaten