lunch: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with L · ends with H
Meaning of lunch
noun
- countable, uncountable
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
- countable, uncountable
A break in play between the first and second sessions.
- US, countable, uncountable
Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
Example: After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
A thin piece or hunk (of bread, meat, etc.)
Listed forms: lunches.
Source: Wiktionary — lunch.
verb
- intransitive
To eat lunch.
Example: I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.
- transitive
To treat to lunch.
Listed forms: lunches, lunching, lunched.
Source: Wiktionary — lunch.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for lunch.
noun
a midday meal
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lunch in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lunch
L(1) + U(1) + N(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of lunch
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from lunch
5 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lunch. Showing up to 24, longest first.