packed lunches
Homemade midday food
Packed lunches are meals prepared at home and carried elsewhere to eat—typically to school or work.
The term is more common in British than American English, where brown bag lunch or sack lunch often substitutes.
The children brought their packed lunches on the field trip.
- containerThing for storing items
- chipsThin fried slices
- bento boxPartitioned Japanese lunch carrier
- yogurtFermented milk product
- sandwichesFilled bread slices
tupperware container · peanut butter sandwich · cold cuts · snack · soggy · cooler bag · convenience · paper napkin · brown bag · leftovers · meal preparation · thermos · cookies · boiled eggs · fruits · portability · food safety · midday
- workplace nutritionvending machines
- farmworker healthfarmworkers, field workers, seasonal workers, heat stress, labor camps
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
- motherhoodmother, mom, mama, mum, mommy
- field tripsfield trips, field trip, excursions, excursion, school trip
- frugalityfrugality, thrift, frugal, penny-pinching, economize
meal source/preparation
packed lunchesschool lunches
Meals served at educational institutions
school dinners · catered meals · takeout · takeaway · fast food
pack, lunch, packed, packing, unpack, packs, unpacked, lunchbox, lunchtime