lunch
Meal at noon
Lunch is the midday meal, typically eaten between late morning and early afternoon.
It falls between breakfast and dinner in the daily sequence: I packed a lunch for work, Let's grab lunch.
As a verb, to lunch is to eat this meal: We lunched at the café.
Out to lunch means absent or, figuratively, mentally disconnected from reality.
Day's exact middle
- noontimeMiddle of the day
- middayTwelve hours after midnight
- breakInterrupt continuity
- hourSixty-minute span
siesta · recess · intermission · pause · workday · schedule · clock · twelve
Insulated liquid container
- containerThing for storing items
- tupperwareSealable plastic kitchen vessels
- coolerInsulated storage container
- bagFlexible carrying container
napkin · ice pack · leftovers · homemade · prepare · pack · wrap · portion
Self-service dining facility
- recessPause in activity
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- trayShallow portable platform
playground · period · hall pass · table · monitor
Gathering for discussion
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- break roomStaff relaxation space
- deskFurniture for writing
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
networking · client · colleague · coworker · canteen · vending · microwave · brown-bag
Outdoor casual meal
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- reunionGathering after separation
get-together · date · outing · companionship · conversation · catch-up · treat · invitation
sandwich
Filling between bread slices
pasta · pizza · taco · sushi · bento · burrito · curry · wrap · panini · gyro
noon
Day's exact middle
hour · siesta · recess · intermission · pause · workday · schedule · clock · twelve · afternoon
thermos
Insulated liquid container
- containerThing for storing items
- tupperwareSealable plastic kitchen vessels
- coolerInsulated storage container
bag · napkin · ice pack · leftovers · homemade · prepare · pack · wrap · portion · snack
cafeteria
Self-service dining facility
meeting
Gathering for discussion
- cafeteriaSelf-service dining facility
- break roomStaff relaxation space
- deskFurniture for writing
conference · networking · client · colleague · coworker · canteen · vending · microwave · brown-bag · catered
picnic
Outdoor casual meal
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- potluckCommunal meal, shared contributions
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
reunion · get-together · date · outing · companionship · conversation · catch-up · treat · invitation · friends
deli
Prepared foods shop
bistro · food truck · eatery · pizzeria · drive-through · counter · quick · grab · order · delivery
calories
Measures of food energy
light · filling · hearty · portion · diet · energy · fuel · sustenance · nourishment · satisfying
- diningrestaurant, menu, waiter, servers, waitress
- eating and drinkingeat, drink, chew, bite, swallow
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- foodmeat, fish, meats, burger, casserole
- schoolteachers, classrooms, classes, student, grades
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
lunchbreakfast
Day's first eating
dinner · supper · brunch · midnight snack · evening meal
lunchlunchless
Without midday meal
fasting · going hungry · starvation · hunger
- lunch breakMidday work hiatus
- lunch boxPortable meal container
- school lunchMidday institutional meal
- free lunchBenefit without payment
- lunch hourMidday work recess
- out to lunchDistracted, unaware of surroundings
lunchroom, lunchbox, lunchtime, lunches, lunching, lunched, luncheon, lunchtimes, luncheons