Get to know Lunchtime better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like mealtime.
Lunchtime meaning
- The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
- A break in work or school to eat lunch.
Synonyms of Lunchtime
Using Lunchtime
- The main meaning on this page is: The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten. | A break in work or school to eat lunch.
- Useful related words include: lunch period, mealtime.
- In the example corpus, lunchtime often appears in combinations such as: at lunchtime, saturday lunchtime, lunchtime on.
Context around Lunchtime
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lunchtime
- In this selection, "lunchtime" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, saturday, wednesday, yesterday, kick, hours and slots stand out and add context to how "lunchtime" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a saturday lunchtime kick off and and saturday lunchtime. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lunchtime" sits close to words such as airbus, angelo and damian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lunchtime
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By lunchtime, precipitation should be wrapping up. (7 words)
We are open on Wednesday lunchtime and Saturday lunchtime. (9 words)
A wholesome dish during lunchtime, it's still a go to for generations of families today. (16 words)
Except at lunchtime, when the chairs wait empty as the security staff rotates shorthanded to eat, while those who remain on duty shift from sitting to patrol, dipping in and out of rooms at a predictable pace. (37 words)
A midweek Champions League play-off against at a sold-out and noisily-hyperactive Ibrox will be followed by a trip to Dingwall for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off against Ross County. (32 words)
Defending champions Invergordon were held 1-1 in their lunchtime kick-off against Orkney, which teed up Loch Ness for their shot at glory in their 2pm start against Fort in Fortrose. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
We are open on Wednesday lunchtime and Saturday lunchtime.
According to the Met Office, Wednesday is expected to be cloudy up until lunchtime with rain then forecast.
A couple of isolated small showers will be possible during the late morning and lunchtime hours before the late afternoon spawns some scattered thunderstorms.
A Furness Coastguard spokesman said: "Furness Coastguard were called out yesterday lunchtime to assist the army in a search for a reported item of ordnance.
Also present at lunchtime were Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad; and the Minister of the Civil House, Rui Costa.
A member of the team said: "We put the huge potato on display for the kids to see at lunchtime.
A midweek Champions League play-off against at a sold-out and noisily-hyperactive Ibrox will be followed by a trip to Dingwall for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off against Ross County.
And wouldn’t it be nice to be chosen to appear on Debate Night or one of those BBC lunchtime slots.
Another mother said the food served to her son at lunchtime at Royds Hall school in Paddock, Huddersfield, has been 'terrible'.
Around lunchtime, armed officers raided a property in Ilkeston Road, the street where two people were earlier found dead.
Asda offers a three-for-two deal, meaning the price of its lunchtime offer ranges from £3 to £5 depending on which items are selected.
At lunchtime authorities in the Lipetsk region confirmed that the rebels were moving 'equipment' through the region – less than 250 miles from Moscow.
A wholesome dish during lunchtime, it's still a go to for generations of families today.
But on Friday, he said, his Yamako seafood restaurant next to Iwaki’s main train station seemed to be doing business as usual, with customers coming in and out during lunchtime.
By lunchtime, precipitation should be wrapping up.
Defending champions Invergordon were held 1-1 in their lunchtime kick-off against Orkney, which teed up Loch Ness for their shot at glory in their 2pm start against Fort in Fortrose.
During that time he launched a lunchtime prayer movement that became popular, spreading around the Harare CBD in the 1990s.
Except at lunchtime, when the chairs wait empty as the security staff rotates shorthanded to eat, while those who remain on duty shift from sitting to patrol, dipping in and out of rooms at a predictable pace.
He was struck by passing vehicles and declared dead at the scene, the force confirmed on Sunday lunchtime.
He welcomes visitors and tends to company business, pausing to put a casserole in the oven for anyone who might be around come lunchtime.
Common combinations with lunchtime
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- at lunchtime 41×
- saturday lunchtime 17×
- lunchtime on 17×
- around lunchtime 10×
- during lunchtime 10×
- by lunchtime 10×
- the lunchtime 10×
- lunchtime and 9×
- lunchtime kick-off 8×
- until lunchtime 7×