luncheon
11luncheon — lunch, luncheon Lunch is now the standard word for a midday meal, and luncheon seems affectedly formal (and the commercial term luncheon voucher is fast disappearing) …
12luncheon — lunch ou luncheon (lonch ou lon chon ) s. m. Repas accessoire qui se place entre le déjeuner et le dîner, à l imitation des Anglais. ÉTYMOLOGIE Angl. lunch, luncheon, qui vient du celtique : gallois, llwnc, repas …
13luncheon — UK [ˈlʌntʃ(ə)n] / US [ˈlʌntʃən] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms luncheon : singular luncheon plural luncheons formal lunch, especially a formal lunch for a lot of people …
14luncheon — 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 …
15luncheon — luncheonless, adj. /lun cheuhn/, n. lunch, esp. a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon. [1570 80; dissimilated var. of nuncheon (now dial.), ME none(s)chench noon drink, equiv. to none NOON …
16luncheon — See lunch, luncheon …
17luncheon — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
18luncheon — lunch|eon [ˈlʌntʃən] n [U and C] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: luncheon large piece (15 19 centuries), from lunch piece (of food) (16 18 centuries), probably from lump] formal lunch …
19luncheon meat — luncheon meats 1) N VAR Luncheon meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls. [AM] She wished they had a cooler to hold some luncheon meat, some sodas. ...yogurts and ice… …
20luncheon meat — n [U] meat that has been cooked, then pressed down, and is often sold in a can …
