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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUNCH,
LUNCH'EON, n.
Literally, a swallow; but in usage, a portion of food taken at any time, except at a regular meal. It is not unusual to take a luncheon before dinner. The passengers in the line-ships regularly have their lunch.
I sliced the luncheon from the barley loaf.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a midday meal [syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner] v
1: take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"
2: provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably short for luncheon Date: 1812 1. a usually light meal; especially one taken in the middle of the day 2. the food prepared for a lunch II. verb Date: 1811 intransitive verb to eat lunch transitive verb to treat to lunch • luncher noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the meal eaten in the middle of the day. 2 a light meal eaten at any time. --v. 1 intr. eat one's lunch. 2 tr. provide lunch for. Phrases and idioms: lunch-box a container for a packed meal. lunch-hour (or -time) a break from work, when lunch is eaten. Derivatives: luncher n. Etymology: LUNCHEON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lunch Lunch, n. [Of uncertain etymol. Cf. Prov. Eng. nunc a lump.] A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lunch Lunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lunching.] To take luncheon. --Smart.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lunches, lunching, lunched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Lunch is the meal that you have in the middle of the day. Shall we meet somewhere for lunch?... He did not enjoy business lunches... If anyone wants me, I'm at lunch with a client. N-VAR 2. When you lunch, you have lunch, especially at a restaurant. (FORMAL) Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle... Having not yet lunched, we went to the refreshment bar for ham sandwiches. VERB: V adv/prep, V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Luncheon.

Moby Thesaurus

TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, board, break bread with, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cook out, cookout, dine, dine out, diner, dinner, eat out, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, mess with, petit dejeuner, picnic, sup, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast