plural noun
More than one meal eaten in the middle of the day, usually after breakfast and before dinner.
The children bring their own lunches to school.
We prepare healthy lunches for the whole family.
American English
How to pronounce lunches
noun · verbA1Common word
LUHNchihz
/ˈlən.ʧɪz/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of lunch
Lunches can be a plural noun or a third-person singular verb.
More than one meal eaten in the middle of the day, usually after breakfast and before dinner.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
third-person singular verb
He, she, or another person eats the meal in the middle of the day.
She lunches with her coworkers on Fridays.
He lunches at a café near his office.
Good to know
In everyday English, have lunch or eat lunch is more common than lunches as a verb.
Useful expressions
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.
Related words & forms
Add -es: lunches, not lunchs.