American English
/lənʧ/
One syllable.
the meal you eat in the middle of the day, usually after breakfast and before dinner
In quick, natural speech, the middle vowel in “lunch” may be very short, so you may hear /ln̩ʧ/. When speaking carefully, use /lənʧ/.
the meal you eat in the middle of the day, usually after breakfast and before dinner
I have lunch at noon.
We had lunch with our neighbors.
have lunch · eat lunch · lunch break · packed lunch
have + lunch + at + [time]
have + lunch + with + [person]
to eat the meal in the middle of the day
She lunched with her manager.
They lunched at a small café.
In everyday English, have lunch or eat lunch is more common than using lunch as a verb.
lunch with friends · lunch at a restaurant
[someone] + lunch + with + [person]
[someone] + lunch + at + [place]
a period when you stop working to eat lunch
I take my lunch break at one.
a meal prepared at home and carried to eat later
He brought a packed lunch to work.
a lunch where people discuss work
They had a business lunch downtown.
Add -es: lunches, not lunchs.