Definition of Lunch period

1. Noun. The customary or habitual hour for eating lunch. "He observed a regular lunchtime"

Exact synonyms: Lunchtime
Generic synonyms: Mealtime

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunch Period

lunations
lunatomalacia
lunch
lunch-time
lunch-times
lunch box
lunch bucket
lunch buckets
lunch kettle
lunch lady
lunch meat
lunch meats
lunch meeting
lunch pail
lunch pails
lunch period (current term)
lunchboxes
lunchbucket
lunchbuckets
lunched
luncheon
luncheon meat
luncheon meeting
luncheon voucher
luncheoned
luncheonette
luncheonettes
luncheoning
luncheons

Literary usage of Lunch period

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Human Factor in Industry by Lee Kaufer Frankel, Alexander Fleisher (1920)
"The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for example, limits the lunch period to thirty-five minutes, so that the seven-hour day may close at 4.30 in the ..."

2. Violence In The Schools: How America's School Boards Are Safeguarding Your by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Somerset ISD, Kentucky (R) Contact: Charles Eckler (606) 678-4721 • During the closed lunch period, schools check the student parking lots, both to ensure ..."

3. Women as Munition Makers: A Study of Conditions in Bridgeport, Connecticut by Amy Hewes, Henriette Rose Walter (1917)
"Table 7 shows the length of the lunch period for the women for whom information on this point was secured. TABLE 7.—LENGTH OF lunch period FOR WOMEN ..."

4. Legacy in the Sand: Chemical Command in Operations Desert Shield & Desert Storm. (1993)
"Where three eight-hour shifts were in operation, however, and overlapping of shifts to permit time off for lunch was not possible, a lunch period of 20 ..."

5. Business Costs by De Witt Carl Eggleston, Frederick Bertrand Robinson (1921)
"To illustrate the operation of .this machine, we will assume that a manufacturing plant begins regular operations at 7 am, the lunch period is from 12 m. to ..."

6. School Lunch Program: Cafeteria Managers' Views on Food Wasted by Students by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"When do you begin serving lunch to students and when does the last lunch period end? (Enter times.) 11:00 am (median) first lunch period begins 12:39 pm ..."

7. School Lunch Programs: Role & Impacts of Private Food Service Companies by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"In most schools, students had access to snack foods from vending machines or other sources, such as school canteens, during the lunch period. ..."

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