Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.

    Mittagszeit, Mittagspause

    обе́дobéd

    the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch

  2. (countable, uncountable)A break in work or school to eat lunch.

    It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.

Examples

51 sentences
  1. It's nearly lunchtime.

    Вже майже час обіду.

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  2. I was very hungry by lunchtime.

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  3. I thought that it was lunchtime.

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  4. She's supposed to be back by lunchtime.

    ruОна должна вернуться к ланчу.

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  5. I should get to Boston by lunchtime.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
time or hour for lunch:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
time or hour for lunch:

Origin

From lunch + time.

From lunch + time.

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Forms

plural: lunchtimes

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the customary or habitual hour for eating lunch:lunch period

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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