lunchroom

noun

Definition of lunchroomnext
as in cafeteria

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Recent Examples of lunchroom Dozens of people crowded onto a stage behind a curtain in the school’s lunchroom ahead of the surprise, including Brewer’s parents and son. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026 One day, Dahlstrom made a vulgar joke in a lunchroom referencing oral sex and pubic hair, according to the employee. — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 In the lunchroom on Tuesday, other third-graders swarmed Aura for autographs. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026 Angelo Mastrodicasa opened Angelo's Civita Farnese 101 years ago on Federal Hill as a lunchroom frequented by men who immigrated from Italy. — The Providence Journal, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lunchroom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunchroom
  1. cafeteria
  2. restaurant
  3. diner
  4. luncheonette
  5. lunch counter
Noun
  • The treatment area, 5,000-square-foot weight room, and cafeteria are shared by both teams.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Watts took a job in a school cafeteria to get her foot in the door with the education system.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of cafeteria
Noun
  • Visit Orlando's Magical Dining presented by Orlando Health has a whopping 188 restaurants on the roster this year.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Miami Police Department and employees of a Mexican restaurant in the city’s Edgewater neighborhood are asking for the public’s help identifying a couple accused of stealing a tip jar containing money intended for the kitchen staff.
    — Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of restaurant
Noun
  • Continue reading … SOBER CURIOUS – GLP-1 boom could reshape restaurant bars as diners cut back on alcohol.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Paper menus allow diners to tick off orders of lip-tingling laab, luscious khao soi, and juicy pomelo salad, feeling like a never-ending invitation to add just one more course.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of diner
Noun
  • Several symbolic scenes, similarly unfolding in sinuous long takes—a ritualistic repetition of local habits at the junk yard, a formal dance of non-seduction at a luncheonette with a jukebox—lay bare the town’s ingrained and unyielding mores.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026
  • What began in 1958 as a small luncheonette run by Brett Kelly's father and grandfather — selling ham sandwiches for a quarter — eventually grew into Kelly's Seafood, where four generations of the family have worked.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of luncheonette
Noun
  • The diminutive Taiwanese market-slash-lunch counter Taiwan Best Mart’s cold sesame noodles ($13) are a refreshing tangle of cucumbers, carrots, cilantro, scallions, sesame seeds, flour noodles and the market’s house sesame sauce.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The landlord was the university, so the couple applied for the lease, vowing to open a lunch counter, support local farmers, employ students, and change up the menu weekly.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lunch counter

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“Lunchroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunchroom. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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