LUNCH


Meaning of LUNCH in English

— luncher , n. — lunchless , adj.

/lunch/ , n.

1. a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.

2. any light meal or snack.

3. a restaurant or lunchroom: Let's eat at the dairy lunch.

4. out to lunch , Slang. not paying attention or tending to business; negligent: You must have been out to lunch when you wrote that weird report.

v.i.

5. to eat lunch: We lunched quite late today.

v.t.

6. to provide lunch for: They lunched us in regal fashion.

[ 1585-95; short for LUNCHEON ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .