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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a midday meal [syn: lunch, luncheon, tiffin, dejeuner]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of nuncheon light snack, alteration of Middle English nonshench midday refreshment, from non noon + schench drink Date: circa 1652 lunch; especially a formal usually midday meal as part of a meeting or for entertaining a guest

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. formal lunch. Phrases and idioms: luncheon meat a usu. tinned block of ground meat ready to cut and eat. luncheon voucher Brit. a voucher or ticket issued to employees and exchangeable for food at many restaurants and shops. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Luncheon Lunch"eon, n. [Prov. E. luncheon, lunchion, lunshin, a large lump of food, fr. lunch. See Lunch.] 1. A lump of food. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Luncheon Lunch"eon, v. i. To take luncheon. --Beaconsfield.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(luncheons) A luncheon is a formal lunch, for example to celebrate an important event or to raise money for charity. Earlier this month, a luncheon for former UN staff was held in Vienna. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Lunch, slight repast, tiffin.

Moby Thesaurus

TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast