Thesaurus results for LUNCHROOM

lunchroom

noun

Definition of lunchroom

as in cafeteria

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Recent Examples of lunchroom Essentially a better version of chocolate milk (that doesn’t have to stay refrigerated), Yoo-hoos are a lunchroom favorite. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 Talking about lunchroom challenges at home helps your child handle peer pressure, feel more included, and stay true to themselves. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 July 2026 By then, Debby Orcutt is out the door, helping her grandchildren get to school on time or heading to her latest part-time job wiping down lunchroom tables at a nearby high school. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 31 May 2026 At one point, Tech returned to old-school hip-hop fundamentals, beatboxing and using his chest as percussion while rapping, echoing lunchroom cypher traditions. — Kansas City Star, 25 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for lunchroom

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Noun

On a recent, sunny Friday afternoon, Daniel Stromberg sat in the hospital cafeteria at University of Illinois Health, with a set of purple pens and white business cards spread out on the table, as people streamed in and out.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
Let the school teachers pray over their lunch in the cafeteria.

— Megan Schrader, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of cafeteria

Noun

This book explains that putting the napkin on the chair may soil the chair, and upon returning, the diner’s clothes.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026
The company got its start when three engineers — Huang, Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem — gathered in 1993 at a Denny’s diner in San Jose, California, in what’s now the heart of Silicon Valley.

— Kelvin Chan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of diner

Noun

Americans' tastes also expanded beyond the traditional luncheonette menu.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of luncheonette

Noun

Among the participants is Adzema Pharmacy, a longtime McCandless staple known not only for prescriptions but also for its lunch counter.

— Jessica Riley, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Some visitors had expressed fears that exhibits, such as the casket of Emmett Till and a Greensboro lunch counter housed at the neighboring American History Museum, may have been altered to appease the administration’s concerns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of lunch counter

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