lunch hour
Midday meal period
The lunch hour is the midday period when workers break from their jobs to eat—typically an hour, though often shorter in practice.
The term refers to this scheduled break regardless of its actual length: I'll run that errand on my lunch hour.
In office culture, the lunch hour structures the workday into morning and afternoon segments.
- noonDay's exact middle
- middayTwelve hours after midnight
- midday mealFood at noon
- mealtimeDesignated eating period
- eatingIngesting sustenance
break · brown bag · canteen · rest · siesta · stretch your legs · packed lunches · sandwich · quick bite · dining · cafeteria · food court · snack bars · interval · pause · workplace · recess · salad
- repasdejeuner, diner, brunch, collation, banquet
- routinesmorning routine, habits, routines, morning routines, procedures
- lunch breaknoon, midday, twelve, twelve o'clock, cafeteria
- officedesk, desk job, desks, desk lamp, desk lamps
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
lunch hourwork hours
Scheduled employment period
working time · crunch time · overtime · billable hours · on the clock
lunch hourbreakfast time
Morning meal hour
evening meal · midnight snack · dinner time · dinner hour · supper time
lunch, hour, hours, hourly, lunchroom, lunchtime, lunching, lunched, luncheon