lunch break
Midday work pause
A lunch break is a midday pause from work or school for eating.
Most workplaces allot thirty minutes to an hour, though the term applies regardless of whether you actually eat lunch: I ran errands on my lunch break.
Also called a lunch hour, even when shorter.
- bento boxPartitioned Japanese lunch carrier
- quick biteHasty small meal
- siestaMidday rest
- al fresco diningMeals taken outside
- time offScheduled absence from duties
cafeteria · midday · power nap · noon · recess · intermission · light meal · microbreaks · salad bar · casual dining · free period · pause · leave · sandwich · takeout · chat · hour · escape
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- lunchlunchroom, lunchbox, midday meal, quick bite, brown bag
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
- activity patternsmorning routine, daily routine, sleep schedule, work schedule, eating habits
- breakbreakaway, breakdown, breakout, breakthrough, breakup
work activity status
lunch breakworking hours
Scheduled time for labor
on the clock · active duty · crunch time · work shift · labor
temporal scheduling
lunch breakovertime
Work beyond scheduled hours
extra hours · double shift · mandatory overtime · all-nighter · working late