/lʌntʃ/
Translation
A meal that people eat in the middle of the day.
Word origin
From English lunch, a shorter form of luncheon, meaning a light midday meal.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- luncheon
Grammar
Examples
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"Lunch" is the meal in the middle of the day.
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"Lunches" is the plural, meaning more than one lunch.
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Here "lunch" is the midday meal.
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