lunches

Breaks for eating

Lunches is the plural of lunch, the midday meal.

It often appears in contexts involving multiple occasions or servings: We packed lunches for the week, business lunches with clients.

The verb form means to eat lunch: She lunches with her colleagues every Friday.

meal

midday

Twelve hours after midnight

  • noonDay's exact middle
  • sandwichFilling between bread slices
  • saladCold dressed vegetables

soup · bento · tiffin · leftovers · wrap · panini · burrito · pita · noodles · rice bowl

school

cafeteria

Self-service dining facility

snack · trading · table · friends · recess · monitor · line · reduced · menu · pizza day

social

business

Commercial activity or occupation

catch-up · reunion · colleagues · clients · conversation · restaurant · reservation · treat · invite · schedule

break

recess

Pause in activity

  • downtimePeriod of non-operation
  • pauseTemporary cessation of activity
  • hourSixty-minute span

thirty minutes · clock out · step away · desk · eating · quick · rushed · skipped · working through · break room

packed

container

Thing for storing items

  • bagFlexible carrying container
  • coolerInsulated storage container
  • ice packFrozen pouch for injuries

meal prep · portion · healthy · homemade · economical · budget · planning · variety · balanced · fresh

Categories
Opposites
meal timing

lunchesbreakfasts

First meals of day

dinners · suppers · midnight snacks · brunches

eating vs. fasting

lunchesfasts

Refrains from eating

skipped meals · hunger strikes · starvation · fasting

Phrases
Family

lunch, lunchroom, lunchbox, lunchtime, lunching, lunched, luncheon, lunchtimes, lunchboxes

Familiarity
Top 5,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G