lunch

Universal Words noun, verb noun [U,C] a meal eaten in the middle of the day: She's gone to lunch. * I'm ready for some lunch. * What shall we have for lunch? * We serve hot and cold lunches. * a one-hour lunch break * Let's do lunch (= have lunch together). seealsoPACKEDLUNCH, PLOUGHMAN'SLUNCH -< MEAL IDIOMS see FREEadj. verb [V] (formal) to have lunch, especially at a restaurant: He lunched with a client at the Ritz.