Lunch

Definition

lunch / lʌntʃ / n [C,U] ေန႔လယ္စာ။ take a packed lunch (ie sandwiches, etc) to work ❍ a one-hour lunch break ❍ We serve hot and cold lunches. ❍ He’s gone to/for lunch. See also PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH ❍ DINNER v ေန႔လယ္စာစားသည္။ Where do you usually lunch? ❍ We lunched (out) on cold meat and salad. ❏ lunch-hour n ေန႔လယ္စာစားခ်ိန္။ I can meet you during my lunch-hour. ❏ lunch-time n [C,U] ေန႔လယ္စာစားခ်ိန္။ the lunch-time weather forecast.

Examples

1. We stopped for a light (=small) lunch.
2. [for lunch] : I’ll get a sandwich for lunch.
3. [have lunch] : Let’s have lunch at that new restaurant.
4. [at lunch] : She’s usually at lunch from twelve till one.
5. [take someone (out) to lunch] : I’ll take you out to lunch when I get back.