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LUNCHEON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A midday meal

Synonyms:

dejeuner; lunch; luncheon; tiffin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("luncheon" is a kind of...):

meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "luncheon"):

business lunch (lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It will be too absurd to put a luncheon for twelve before a single girl, cried Jo, hurrying away to the lower regions, too excited to stop even for a laugh.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

When the gong awoke him for luncheon, he was irritated that he must awaken.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I'm not a show, Aunty, and no one is coming to stare at me, to criticize my dress, or count the cost of my luncheon.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"I got dressed before luncheon," said the child, turning eagerly to Daisy.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

We had luncheon in the dining-room, darkened, too, against the heat, and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon and his determination to have my company bordered on violence. The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Of course, I immediately suggested a luncheon in New York—and I thought he'd go mad: 'I don't want to do anything out of the way!' he kept saying. 'I want to see her right next door.'

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)